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ˈtwice-born, a.
1. Born twice: esp. in classical mythology as an epithet of Bacchus (also absol.).
14..W. Paris Cristine 323 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 187 As twys borne childe that were righte yonge, Twys in credelle rokkede to be. 1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iii. Schisme 909 The twice-born Preacher to the Ninivite. 1697Creech Manilius ii. 49 How twice-born Bacchus burst the Thunderer's Thigh. 1866J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Met. 78 The twice-born whom with milk they feed.
2. An epithet of the three higher castes of Hindus: see caste 2. Also absol.
1794Sir W. Jones Inst. Hindu Law ii. §169 The first birth is from a natural mother; the second, from the ligation of the zone; the third, from the due performance of the sacrifice; such are the births of him, who is usually called twice-born, according to the text of the Véda. 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. I. i. iv. 79 Every Bramin, and, perhaps, every twice-born man, must bathe daily. 1877J. E. Carpenter tr. Tiele's Outl. Hist. Relig. iv. §75. 120 The members of the three highest castes are all..dvijâ's, or twice-born. 1908Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 11/1 He was a Hindu of the caste of ‘The Twice Born’, or ‘Regenerates’.
3. Theol. That has experienced the second birth; born again, regenerate. Also absol.
1849F. W. Newman The Soul iii. §2 (ed. 2) 140 God has two families of children on this earth; the once born and the twice born. 1875E. White Life in Christ ii. xi. (1878) 122 Regeneration, and..the spiritual union of the twice-born with the..Lord. 1902W. James Var. Relig. Exper. viii. 166 The sick souls, who must be twice-born in order to be happy. |