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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.Transmigrationtransmigration - the passing of a soul into another body after death
rebirth, reincarnation, renascence - a second or new birth


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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.
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