transmigration

trans·mi·grate

 (trăns-mī′grāt′, trănz-)

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.

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[Latin trānsmigrāre, trānsmigrāt- : trāns-, trans- + migrāre, to migrate; see migrate.]

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trans′mi·gra′tion n.

trans·mi′gra′tor n.

trans·mi′gra·to′ry (-mī′grə-tôr′ē) adj.

trans•mi•gra•tion

(ˌtræns maɪˈgreɪ ʃən, ˌtrænz-)

n.

1. the act of transmigrating.

2. the passage of a soul after death into another body; metempsychosis.

[1250–1300; Middle English transmigracion < Late Latin trānsmigrātiō removal; see transmigrant, -tion]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

transmigration - 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

transmigration

noun

Departure from one's native land to settle in another:

emigration, exodus, immigration, migration.

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

trans·mi·gra·tion

n. transmigración, paso de un lugar a otro tal como las células sanguíneas en diapédesis.