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transmigration

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trans·mi·grate  (trns-mgrt, trnz-)
intr.v. trans·mi·grat·ed, trans·mi·grat·ing, trans·mi·grates
1. To migrate.
2. To pass into another body after death. Used of the soul.
[Latin trnsmigrre, trnsmigrt- : trns-, trans- + migrre, to migrate; see migrate.]
transmi·gration n.
trans·migrator n.
trans·migra·tory (-mgr-tôr, -tr) adj.
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Noun1.transmigration - the passing of a soul into another body after deathtransmigration - the passing of a soul into another body after death
rebirth, reincarnation, renascence - a second or new birth
transmigration
noun reincarnation, movement, journey, passage, migration, rebirth, metempsychosis the doctrine of the transmigration of souls
Translations
transmigration [ˌtrænzmaɪˈgreɪʃən] N → transmigración f
transmigration
n (Rel) → (Seelen)wanderung f, → Transmigration f (spec); the transmigration of souls → die Seelenwanderung; the transmigration of a human soul into an animal body → die Wiedergeburt einer menschlichen Seele in einem Tierleib
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She had a strange religion of transmigration of souls all her own, in which she had firm faith, troubling herself little about the dogmas of the Church.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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