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transanimation

transanimation noun: the conveyance or passing of a soul from one body to another.

Noun

transanimation (countable and uncountable, plural transanimations)

  1. The conveyance or passing of a soul from one body to another.
    • The immortality of the soul they did not flatly deny , but falsely believe ; disguised under the opinion of transanimation, conceiving that dying men's souls afterward passed into other bodies, either preferred to better, or condemned to worse1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
  2. Resuscitation of a stillborn infant.

Forms of transanimation

pluraltransanimations

Origin of transanimation

From trans- + animation.

Questions about transanimation

What does transanimation mean?
Transanimation means the conveyance or passing of a soul from one body to another.
What part of speech is transanimation?
Transanimation is a noun.
What is the plural of transanimation?
The plural of transanimation is transanimations.

Words near transanimation in the dictionary

  1. transandrophobic
  2. transanimate
  3. transanimated
  4. transanimates
  5. transanimating
  6. transanimation
  7. transanimations
  8. transannual
  9. transannular
  10. transannular strain
  11. transannular strains

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