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Protranstellation
Published: 1st September 2021
Citation: Astronist Institution. (2021). Protranstellation. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/astroeschatology/protranstellation. Last accessed [enter date e.g. 1st Sept 2021].
prəʊtranstɛleɪʃ(ə)n
noun Astroeschatology
the belief that one’s ascension to the stars after death will occur in regards to a specific astronomical object rather than The Cosmos or “the stars” more generally.
DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES
Protranstellative | prəʊtranstɛleɪtɪv | noun
Protranstellatively | prəʊtranstɛleɪtɪvli | adverb
ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY
Astro-English: from Astronese, the positive prefix pro- denotes “support for” or “belief in” a particular subject; conjoining this prefix to the word transtellation denotes “support for the real experience of the phenomena of transtellation”, especially use to denote a person, work or entire movement that gives transtellation as central role.
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