Ŏr'i-gĕn-ism, n.

n. (Eccl. Hist.) The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, one of the earliest and most learned of the Greek fathers. He supposed that human souls existed before their union with bodies; that they were originally holy, but became sinful in the pre-existent state; that all men, probably, will at last be saved; and that Christ is again to die for the salvation of devils. Murdock.