psychostasyn.

Brit.

/sʌɪkˈɒstəsi/, U.S.

/saɪkˈɑstəsi/

Forms:

α. 1800s– psychostasy.

β. 1900s– psychostasia.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Partly also a borrowing from German. Etymons: Greek ψυχοστασία; German Psychostasie.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ψυχοστασία judgement of souls by weighing ( < ψυχο- psycho- comb. form + στάσις (see stasis n.) + -ία -y suffix³). In α. forms originally via German Psychostasie (1835 in the passage translated in quot. 1847); in β. forms directly < Greek. Compare French psychostasie (1812; < Greek). Compare earlier psychostatics n. 1.Attested earlier as the title of a lost tragedy by Aeschylus:1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 21 One entire Tragedie, which he [sc. Aeschylus] intituled Psychostasia, that is to say, the weighing of Soules or ghosts in balance.

In various mythologies and belief systems: the judgement of souls by weighing.Commonly supposed in classical mythology to take place during a combat, with the combatant having the lighter soul being slain.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by combat > weighing of souls

psychostatics1719

psychostasy1847

1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §397. 446 The Psyche or Eidolon appears floating away from dying persons on the vase..at the Psychostasy [Ger. Psychostasie].

1871 P. Smith Anc. Hist. East ix. §21. 177 The judgement of the dead is often represented on coffins and in the Ritual, under the figure of weighing the souls (psychostasy).

1892 W. E. Barnes Test. Abraham 71 I have failed to detect any clear description of the Psychostasy in the Apocalyptic literature.

1912 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics V. 390/2 In connexion with the idea of Judgment, that of the psychostasia, or weighing of souls or of their deeds, is found in many eschatologies.

1970 J. G. Griffiths in tr. Plutarch De Iside & Osiride 72 A tribunal commonly depicted as a weighing of the soul. This idea of a posthumous judgement was associated with both Rēʿ and Osiris. Psychostasia seems to begin with Rēʿ as the president and judge.

1994 J. M. Bremer et al. Hidden Futures 21 They [sc. the judges] refuse admission, until they are persuaded by the deceased's declaration of innocence. This trial is symbolically represented by the so-called psychostasy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psychostasy
释义	psychostasyn. Brit. /sʌɪkˈɒstəsi/, U.S. /saɪkˈɑstəsi/ Forms: α. 1800s– psychostasy. β. 1900s– psychostasia. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Partly also a borrowing from German. Etymons: Greek ψυχοστασία; German Psychostasie. Etymology: < ancient Greek ψυχοστασία judgement of souls by weighing ( < ψυχο- psycho- comb. form + στάσις (see stasis n.) + -ία -y suffix³). In α. forms originally via German Psychostasie (1835 in the passage translated in quot. 1847); in β. forms directly < Greek. Compare French psychostasie (1812; < Greek). Compare earlier psychostatics n. 1.Attested earlier as the title of a lost tragedy by Aeschylus:1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 21 One entire Tragedie, which he [sc. Aeschylus] intituled Psychostasia, that is to say, the weighing of Soules or ghosts in balance. In various mythologies and belief systems: the judgement of souls by weighing.Commonly supposed in classical mythology to take place during a combat, with the combatant having the lighter soul being slain. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by combat > weighing of souls psychostatics1719 psychostasy1847 1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §397. 446 The Psyche or Eidolon appears floating away from dying persons on the vase..at the Psychostasy [Ger. Psychostasie]. 1871 P. Smith Anc. Hist. East ix. §21. 177 The judgement of the dead is often represented on coffins and in the Ritual, under the figure of weighing the souls (psychostasy). 1892 W. E. Barnes Test. Abraham 71 I have failed to detect any clear description of the Psychostasy in the Apocalyptic literature. 1912 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics V. 390/2 In connexion with the idea of Judgment, that of the psychostasia, or weighing of souls or of their deeds, is found in many eschatologies. 1970 J. G. Griffiths in tr. Plutarch De Iside & Osiride 72 A tribunal commonly depicted as a weighing of the soul. This idea of a posthumous judgement was associated with both Rēʿ and Osiris. Psychostasia seems to begin with Rēʿ as the president and judge. 1994 J. M. Bremer et al. Hidden Futures 21 They [sc. the judges] refuse admission, until they are persuaded by the deceased's declaration of innocence. This trial is symbolically represented by the so-called psychostasy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
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