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twice-born

[twahys-bawrn]
–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 (def. 1).
4. denoting any moral or religious experience that brings about a major reorientation of a person's character or personality.

Origin:
1400–50, 1785–95 for def. 1; late ME: an epithet of Bacchus
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