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单词 twice-born
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Definition of twice-born in English:

twice-born

adjective
  • 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. 1.1 (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).
    2. 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-born

adjectiveˈtwīsˌbôrn
  • 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. 1.1 (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.
    2. 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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