transmigratory

Adjective

transmigratory (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or undergoing transmigration, as a soul from one body to another.
   • 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."1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Chapter 4 - Swedenborg; or, the Mystic”, in Representative Men
   • To the Brahmin, the lower animal kingdom is a vast masquerade of transmigratory souls.1866 March 1, B. W. Ball, “A Ramble through the Market”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 30 Sep 2010
2. Of, pertaining to, or undergoing transmigration, as between places.
   • [T]he Kuala Gula Bird Sanctuary offers a hideaway to see some of the transmigratory birds that regular flock to the area.1998 October 14, Geraldine Albela, “Two-phase tourism promotion in Perak”, in New Straits Times, retrieved 30 Sep 2010, page 16
   • Changes in the diet of a South Asian transmigratory population may be associated with an increase in incidence of childhood diabetes.2008, R. Balakrishnan et al., “Trends in Overweight and Obesity Among 5 - 7-year-old White and South Asian Children Born Between 1991 and 1999”, in Journal of Public Health, volume 30, number 2