transmigrativeadj.
/ˈtrɑːnzmᵻɡreɪtɪv/, /ˈtranzmᵻɡreɪtɪv/, /ˈtrɑːnsmᵻɡreɪtɪv/, /ˈtransmᵻɡreɪtɪv/, /trɑːnzˈmʌɪɡrətɪv/, /tranzˈmʌɪɡrətɪv/, /trɑːnsˈmʌɪɡrətɪv/, /transˈmʌɪɡrətɪv/, U.S. /trænzˈmaɪɡrədɪv/, /træn(t)sˈmaɪɡrədɪv/ Of, pertaining to, or characterized by transmigration; transmigratory.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > [adjective]
transmigrativea1723
transmigratory1816
metempsychosic1905
a1723 T. D'Urfey Eng. Stage Italianiz'd (1727) Argum. 7 The Doctor brings the Queen to life by a transmigrative Secret.
1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) I. 147 That Adam, and Enoch, and Noah, were alike transmigrative incarnations of him.
1833 G. S. Faber Recapit. Apostasy i. 4 Those preëminent mundane patriarchs who were transmigrative reappearances of one and the same great universal father.
1845 G. S. Faber 8 Diss. I. 284 The frequent and well remembered appearances of the Word of Jehovah in a human form soon led to transmigrative Hero-Worship.
Derivatives
transmigratively adv. by way of transmigration (of the soul).
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > [adverb]
transmigratively1818
1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 202 He himself was afterwards transmigratively born again in the body of his pontifical successor Buddas-Addas.
1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations II. ii. iii. 74 Souls do not perish after death, but flit transmigratively from one body to another.
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