Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word AFTERLIFE

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Definitions of AFTERLIFE

1. A conscious existence after death.
2. The place believed to be inhabited by people who have died.
3. The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death.
4. The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of a cultural production such as a film, book, etc.
5. (countable, uncountable) The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life.

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Examples of Using AFTERLIFE in a Sentence

• The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body.
• According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or incarnate and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the afterlife or, in exceptional cases, enter Heaven without dying.
• This includes the ingathering of the exiled diaspora, the coming of the Jewish Messiah, the afterlife, and the resurrection of the dead.
• The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it existed in the Western Church by the 14th century.
• She was believed to help the dead enter the afterlife as she had helped Osiris, and she was considered the divine mother of the pharaoh, who was likened to Horus.
• For the initiated, the rebirth of Persephone symbolized the eternity of life which flows from generation to generation, and they believed that they would have a reward in the afterlife.
• They would remain at the Elysian Fields after death, to live a blessed and happy afterlife, and indulge in whatever they had enjoyed in life.
• Other accounts attribute the name to the legendary realm of Hawaiki, a place from which some Polynesians are said to have originated, the place where they transition to in the afterlife, or the realm of the gods and goddesses.
• For example, the Shrimad Bhagavatam condemns human sacrifice and cannibalism, warning of severe punishment in the afterlife for those who commit such acts.
• Etruscan artwork often depicts Turms in his role as psychopomp, conducting the soul into the afterlife.
• As a destination in the Afterlife, the levels of heaven were reserved mostly for those who had died violent deaths, and Tlālōcān was reserved for those who had drowned or had otherwise been killed by manifestations of water, such as by flood, by diseases associated with water, or in storms by strikes of lightning.
• Brave Gede is the doorman between the world of the living and the afterlife, guardian of the cemetery gate.
• He is also recorded by Charles Mountford and Ainslie Roberts as a boatman who ferries the souls of the dead to Purelko, the aboriginal afterlife.
• The combination of three deadly animals of the Nile: crocodile, lion, and hippopotamus, suggests that no one can escape annihilation, even in the afterlife.
• Ancient Egyptians believed that the soul resided in the heart, and that each individual would therefore undergo a "Weighing of the Heart" in the afterlife; each human heart is weighed on a giant scale against an ostrich feather, which represents the concept of the goddess Maat.
• Heung Jin Moon (1966–1984) – Moon and Han's second son, died in auto accident, believed by members to be leading workshops in the afterlife in which spirits of deceased persons are taught Unification movement teachings.
• Ancient Egyptians believed that the needs from the world of the living would be continued in the afterlife; it was therefore necessary to build tombs that would fulfill them, and be sturdy enough to last for an eternity.
• Damnation (from Latin damnatio) is the concept of divine punishment and torment in an afterlife for sins that were committed, or in some cases, good actions not done on Earth.
• As mostly political refugees, the German colonists named their settlement Valhalla, in reference to the afterlife in Norse Mythology where warriors would go if selected to fight during Ragnarök.
• Moore weaves in elements of magic and mysticism along with superhero mythology and action, spirituality and the afterlife (in particular the Tree of Life) and science-fiction.
• He says he would give anything to play one game against Fats, prompting Fats himself to wearily rise from a pool table in the afterlife.
• "Book" is the closest term to describe the loose collection of texts consisting of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife and written by many priests over a period of about 1,000 years.
• During thousands of transcribed sessions, Cayce would answer questions on a variety of subjects such as healing, reincarnation, dreams, the afterlife, past lives, nutrition, Atlantis, and future events.
• The album's concept follows the spiritual journey of a recently deceased man (Ronnie Pilgrim) in the afterlife, exploring themes of morality, religion and good and evil.
• Meanwhile, many Christians believe that humans are born in a sinful condition and are doomed in the afterlife unless they receive salvation through Jesus Christ.

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