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The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.

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  1. n. The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.
  2. n. after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
  3. The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. Sir T. Browne.
  4. The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the deathof the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body,whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. Sir T.Browne.
  5. n. after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body