TWICE-BORN


Meaning of TWICE-BORN in English

ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

Etymology: Middle English twys borne

1. : born a second time : reincarnated

2. : having undergone a definite experience of fundamental moral and spiritual renewal : having experienced a religious conversion : regenerate

the Anabaptist view that the church should consist exclusively of twice-born individuals

3. : of or being one of the three upper Hindu varnas of ancient Aryan origin in which boys undergo an initiation ceremony symbolizing spiritual birth and are invested with the sacred thread

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.