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Definition of twice-born in English: twice-bornadjective 1Having undergone a renewal of faith or life. Example sentencesExamples - We are in the process of becoming twice-born, but we're not there yet.
- In the desire to be twice-born there is a good deal of self-hatred.
- William James wrote about the once-born and the twice-born.
- 1.1 (of a Hindu) belonging to one of the three highest castes, especially as an initiated Brahman.
Example sentencesExamples - Barred from hearing the Sanskrit Veda and from access to the religion of the twice-born, they discovered their own spiritual path, an intimate and direct relationship with their Lord.
- Look at this twice-born who has shed blood, and be proud!
- Such a Guru, when conferring knowledge of self and making one twice-born, opens the door and enables one to see the transcendental form of God within.
- ‘Hinduism ‘can best be defined as a set of ideas and practices of the upper, so-called twice-born castes that are based on the interpretation of the ancient Vedas and auxiliary textual traditions by Brahman priests.’
- Both groups - and women, too - were prohibited from hearing the Veda and denied initiation into twice-born status (and the wearing of the sacred thread).
- 1.2 (of a Christian) born-again.
Example sentencesExamples - The impact of this movement on contemporary evangelical theologies of the twice-born experience needs much more critical examination.
Definition of twice-born in US English: twice-bornadjectiveˈtwīsˌbôrn 1Having undergone a renewal of faith or life. Example sentencesExamples - In the desire to be twice-born there is a good deal of self-hatred.
- We are in the process of becoming twice-born, but we're not there yet.
- William James wrote about the once-born and the twice-born.
- 1.1 (of a Hindu) belonging to one of the three highest castes, especially as an initiated Brahman.
Example sentencesExamples - Look at this twice-born who has shed blood, and be proud!
- Such a Guru, when conferring knowledge of self and making one twice-born, opens the door and enables one to see the transcendental form of God within.
- Both groups - and women, too - were prohibited from hearing the Veda and denied initiation into twice-born status (and the wearing of the sacred thread).
- ‘Hinduism ‘can best be defined as a set of ideas and practices of the upper, so-called twice-born castes that are based on the interpretation of the ancient Vedas and auxiliary textual traditions by Brahman priests.’
- Barred from hearing the Sanskrit Veda and from access to the religion of the twice-born, they discovered their own spiritual path, an intimate and direct relationship with their Lord.
- 1.2 (of a Christian) born-again.
Example sentencesExamples - The impact of this movement on contemporary evangelical theologies of the twice-born experience needs much more critical examination.
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