1 definition by eatsnow
The word Horcrux orginates in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince written by J.K Rowling. It means to rip the soul apart and place it in other objects for safe keeping.For this to happen the supreme act of evel must occur, murder. when he (Lord Voldemort) comitted his most import murders he performed the incatation which is unknown and split his soul with the power of each murder and placed those pieces of his soul in the six objects. he then hid the fragments of his soul around the world to make himself immortal, or as close as possible.
Lord Voldemort split his soul into seven horcruxes(Salazar Slytherins locket, Salazar Slytherins ring, Lord Voldemort's pet snake Nagini, Helga Hufflepuffs goblet, Lord Voldemort's diary from school *when he was known as Tom Marvolo Riddle*, something of Godric Gryffrindor's or Rowena Ravenclaw's, and then of course the piece left in his body!)
by eatsnow January 26, 2006