Pāl'in-gĕn'e-sis or Pāl'in-gĕn'e-sy, n.

n. [Fr. palingenésie, Gr. παλιγ-γένεσις, from πάλιν, again, and γένεσις, birth. See GENESIS.] A new birth or transformation from one state to another; a regeneration.

Out of the ruined lodge and forgotten mansion, bowers that are trodden under foot, and pleasure-houses that are dust, the poet calls up a palingenesis. De Quincey.