psychopomp

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  1. A guide or conductor of spirits or souls to the other world: a special title of Hermes. A kind of psychopomp or leader of departed souls. J. Fiske, Myths and Mythmakers, p. 102.

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  • It was like Skin-lin with their plant DNA maps or a Necromance's psychopomp, personal information. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
  • No other Necromance could enter my Hall, even those that could speak to Anubis as their psychopomp. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
  • "Neither." The contact with the psychopomp is private; other Necromances don't talk or write about it easily—and never to strangers or other psis. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
  • I had never asked who her personal psychopomp was. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
  • Necromance chants aren't part of the Canons or even a magical language—they're just keys, personal keys like the psychopomp each Necromance has. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
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  1. from Greek ψυχοπομπός, conductor of souls, from ψυχή, soul, + πομπός, conductor, from πέμπειν, send, conduct: see pomp.
 

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