单词 | once-born |
释义 | once-bornadj.n. 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1849 |
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