transmigration
American
[trans-mahy-grey-shuhn, tranz-]
/ ˌtræns maɪˈgreɪ ʃən, ˌtrænz- /
noun
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the act of transmigrating.
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the passage of a soul after death into another body; metempsychosis.
Etymology
Origin of transmigration
1250–1300; Middle English transmigracion < Late Latin trānsmigrātiōn- (stem of trānsmigrātiō ) removal. See trans-, migration
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