ensoulment

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noun

The act or process of ensouling; the endowment of a developing human being with a soul.

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Meanings

nounensoulment (countable and uncountable, plural ensoulments)

plural ensoulments

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe act or process of ensouling; the endowment of a developing human being with a soul.

    Western Christians supplemented scientific authority with the consideration that it was not appropriate for ensoulment to accompany the original sin that was inevitably part of conception […].

    2024, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Lower Than the Angels, Penguin, published 2025, page 410

Origin

From ensoul + -ment.

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ensoulment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensoulment

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“ensoulment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensoulment. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ensoulment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensoulment.

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