Transmigratory
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or undergoing transmigration, as a soul from one body to another. not-comparable
"I think of him as of some transmigratory votary of Indian legend, who says, "Though I be dog, or jackal, or pismire, in the last rudiments of nature, under what integument or ferocity, I cleave to right, as the sure ladder that leads up to man and to God.""
- 2 Of, pertaining to, or undergoing transmigration, as between places. not-comparable
"[T]he Kuala Gula Bird Sanctuary offers a hideaway to see some of the transmigratory birds that regular flock to the area."
Example
More examples"I think of him as of some transmigratory votary of Indian legend, who says, "Though I be dog, or jackal, or pismire, in the last rudiments of nature, under what integument or ferocity, I cleave to right, as the sure ladder that leads up to man and to God.""
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