transmigration

English

Etymology

From Latin transmigratio.

Noun

transmigration (plural transmigrations)

1. Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.
2. The movement of a soul from one body to another after death; metempsychosis.

Related terms

• transmigrable
• transmigrant
• transmigrate
• transmigrator
• transmigratory

References

• transmigration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913