Psychopomp

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Psychopomp \Psy"cho*pomp\, n. [Gr. ?; psychh` the soul + ? to
     send: cf. F. psychopompe.] (Myth.)
     A leader or guide of souls . --J. Fiske.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  psychopomp
       n : a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their
           psychopomp"