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单词 once-born
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once-bornadj.n.

Brit. /ˈwʌnsˌbɔːn/, U.S. /ˈwənsˈbɔrn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: once adv., born adj.
Etymology: < once adv. + born adj. Compare earlier twice-born adj.
That has not been born again; unregenerate. Also as n.Generally spec. in relation to religious beliefs regarding rebirth or regeneration, esp. in Hinduism (cf. twice-born adj. 2) and evangelical Christianity (cf. born-again adj. and n., twice-born adj. 3).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > childlike
childlike1577
once-born1849
1849 F. W. Newman Soul (ed. 2) iii. §2. 140 God has two families of children on this earth; the once born and the twice born.
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience iv. 82 Another good expression of the ‘once-born’ type of consciousness, developing straight and natural, with no element of morbid compunction or crisis, is contained in the answer of Dr...Hale.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §325/5 Once-born, not regenerated or not believing in regeneration.
1983 Man 18 iv. 644 For this reson Ramanandis of male Twice-born body do not accept imperfect..food or initiation from Ramanandis of Once-born body.
1999 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Il.) (Nexis) 30 Oct. d3 No matter how we get our start—twice born or once born, sudden or gradually—mature faith is more an emptying than a filling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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