Word of the Day – Revenant

•  Noun:  Revenant
  1. a person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead.

• Synonyms:
  1. Apparition
  2. Specter
  3. Phantasm
  4. Spook
  5. Shade
  6. Wraith

• Usage:

“Under the head of demons are classified only such spirits as are believed to enter into relations with the human race; the term therefore includes (I) human souls regarded as genii or familiars, (2) such as receive a cult (for which see Ancestor Worship), and (3) ghosts or other malevolent revenants; excluded are souls conceived as inhabiting another world.

• Encountered:

The new Leonardo DiCaprio film titled, The Revenant

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