Transmigration
[,trænzmaɪ'ɡreɪʃən] or [,trænsmaɪ'ɡreʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of passing from one country to another; migration.
(n.) The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.
Typist: Thaddeus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Migration.[2]. Metempsychosis.
Editor: Lorna
Examples
- He condemned, for instance, the prevalent belief in the transmigration of souls. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They believe in the transmigration of the soul into other men and into animals, and in demons, witchcraft and magic. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Indeed, if the theory of transmigration be true, I believe the spirit of that old Norse savage is incarnate in my body. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Had he died, said you, four years later, on the same day, one might have supposed a transmigration. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Checker: Norris