† transincorporationn.
Obsolete.
Passage of the soul from one body to another; transmigration.
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metempsychosisa1593
transmigration1594
transmutation1594
metempsychose?1608
commigration1613
metensomatosis1630
transincorporation1810
1810 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. Aug. 47 The doctrine of the trans-incorporation of souls, or of their migration through successive human bodies, was taught..by a Jewish rabbi.
1843 J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor II. iv. 305 Its contents are full of curious information, more particularly those on the transincorporation of souls.
1883 Sat. Rev. 10 Mar. 305/2 His repentance is real, and saves him from the evil transincorporation which should have been the portion of so bad an action.
1904 Open Court May 279 Transincorporation (sometimes spoken of as transmigration) of souls is reason sufficient for his friendliness for the animals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019).
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