Definition of traducianism

Reference
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Thesaurus
World Factbook
Spanish Dictionary
Anatomy
Conversion Calculator

Word of the Day
perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
Petersons.com
Add Word of the Day to your personalized My Yahoo! page:
Add to My Yahoo! View RSS Feed
About My Yahoo! and RSS »
  
Search Dictionary:



tra·du·cian·ism  audio  (tr-dsh-nzm, -dy-) KEY 

NOUN:
Theology
The belief that the soul is inherited from the parents along with the body.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Late Latin trdcinus, believer in traducianism, from trdux, trduc-, inheritance, from Latin, vine-branch trained for propagation, from trdcere, to lead across ; see traduce

OTHER FORMS:
tra·ducian·ist(Adjective)(Noun), tra·ducian·istic(Adjective)


 Visit our partner's site
Provided by Houghton Mifflin
logoeReference -- Download this interactive reference software to your desktop computer