psychostasia

noun

psy·​cho·​sta·​sia

ˌsīkōˈstāzh(ē)ə

plural -s

: a weighing of lives or souls

the judgment of Osiris under the New Kingdom consisted essentially of the ceremony of the psychostasia

—J. E. M. White

Word History

Etymology

Greek, from psych- + stasis act of weighing, (from histanai to make to stand, weigh) + -ia -y

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