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psychostasy|-ˈɒstəsɪ|
Also in Gr. form psychostasia |-ˈsteɪzɪə|.
[ad. Gr. ψῡχοστασία, f. ψῡχή life, soul + στάσις putting, setting, weighing.]
A weighing of souls; in Anc. Mythol. supposed to take place during a combat, the combatant having the lighter soul being slain.
1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §397 (ed. 2) 527 The Psyche or Eidolon appears floating away from dying persons on the vase..at the psychostasy. 1871P. Smith Anc. Hist. East ix. §21 (1881) 177 The judgement of the dead is often represented on coffins and in the Ritual, under the figure of weighing the souls (psychostasy). 1892W. E. Barnes Test. Abraham 71, I have failed to detect any clear description of the Psychostasy in the Apocalyptic literature. |