psy·cho·sta·sia \ˌsīkōˈstāzh(ē)ə\noun (-s) Etymology: Greek, from psych- + stasis act of weighing, (from histanai to make to stand, weigh) + -ia -y — more at stand : a weighing of lives or souls < the judgment of Osiris under the New Kingdom consisted essentially of the ceremony of the psychostasia — J.E.M.White >