transmigration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the passing of a soul into another body after death

WordNet

Trans`mi*gra"tion noun
Etymology
F. transmigration, L. transmigratio.
Definitions
  1. The act of passing from one country to another; migration.
  2. The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.

Webster 1913