transmigration
[ trans-mahy-grey-shuh n, tranz- ]
/ ˌtræns maɪˈgreɪ ʃən, ˌtrænz- /
noun
the act of transmigrating.
the passage of a soul after death into another body; metempsychosis.
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Nearby words
- transmembrane,
- transmethylase,
- transmethylation,
- transmigrant,
- transmigrate,
- transmisogyny,
- transmissible,
- transmissible encephalopathy,
- transmissible spongiform encephalopathy,
- transmission
Compare reincarnation.
Origin of transmigration
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transmigration
c.1300, from Late Latin transmigrationem (nominative transmigratio) "change of country," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin transmigrare "to wander, to migrate," from trans- "over" (see trans-) + migrare "to migrate" (see migration). Originally literal, in reference to the removal of the Jews into the Babylonian captivity; general sense of "passage from one place to another" is attested from late 14c.; sense of "passage of the soul after death into another body" first recorded 1590s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
transmigration
[ trăns′mī-grā′shən, trănz′- ]
n.
Movement from one site to another, which may entail the crossing of some usually limiting membrane or barrier, as in diapedesis.
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