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单词 twice-born
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twice-born in American English

(ˈtwaisˈbɔrn)
adjective
1. Hinduism
of or pertaining to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence
2. 
having undergone reincarnation
3.  "> born-again (sense 1)
4. 
denoting any moral or religious experience that brings about a major reorientation of a person's characteror personality
Word origin
[1400–50, 1785–95 for def. 1; late ME: an epithet of the god Bacchus]
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