Transmigration

Definitions

1. Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.
   countable, uncountable
2. A change from one state of existence to another.
   countable, uncountable
3. The movement of a soul from one body to another after death.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Any great change⟳ is like⟳ cold water in winter—one shrinks from the first plunge; and a lover may be excused who shivers a little at the transmigration into a husband.”

“Near-synonyms: metempsychosis, reincarnation (both broadly synonymous)”

“The curioſity of the lady was highly inflamed, to know⟳ the hiſtory of the parrot's tranſmigration, which ſhe intreated the bird with all her eloquence to relate⟳; but he preſented a deaf ear to her importunity, and, like⟳ a painted nightingale, remained ſilent.”

“To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they [the Dacians] added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.”

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