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1. Reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among savages. 2. (Biol.) A doctrine, now discarded, that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force.

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  1. 1. Reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among savages. 2. (Biol.) A doctrine, now discarded, that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force.