What's a Horcrux?

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I know it's a term used in HP. But can you explain what "exactly" it is?
Because i heard that Harry's horcrux died, but what is a horcrux?
 
in plain terms, a horcux is part of the soul.

in harry potter, lord voltermont made horcuxes so that no one could actually kill him

b/c if u dont have ur soul, then u dont die

so he tore his soul into seven parts, seven horcuxes
 
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A Horcrux is a fictional magical object in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. It is a Dark Magic device created for the purposes of attaining immortality. The concept is introduced in the sixth novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, though Horcruxes are present in earlier novels without being identified as such. Rowling uses the character Horace Slughorn to introduce their properties. The retrieval and destruction of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes forms the main focus of the final two books in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
 
A horcrux is an item that has been magical charmed to hold a part of someones soul. Once created they are virtually impossible to destroy except for a few methods. Voldemort had seven different horcruxes, includin his body. Harry never actually had any horcruxes, you must be confused there.
 
In an online diary entry, Rowling described a Horcrux as a "receptacle in which a Dark wizard has hidden a part of his soul for the purposes of attaining immortality." With part of a wizard's soul thus stored, the wizard becomes immortal so long as the Horcrux remains intact. For this reason, Horcruxes are typically hidden in a safe location. Even if the wizard's body is destroyed, a portion of his soul will remain preserved within the Horcrux
 
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