transmigration

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin trānsmigrātiōbor. English transmigration Borrowed from Latin trānsmigrātiō.

1. Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.
2. A change from one state of existence to another.

   “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.”

3. The movement of a soul from one body to another after death.

   “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.”