Definition of Born-again

1. Adjective. Spiritually reborn or converted. "A born-again Christian"

Exact synonyms: Converted, Reborn
Similar to: Regenerate

Definition of Born-again

1. Adjective. Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ as a personal saviour. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: by extension) Having the zeal of a convert of a non-religious cause or activity. ¹

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to evangelical Christianity. ¹

4. Noun. Someone who has a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ as a personal saviour. ¹

5. Noun. Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief. ¹

6. Noun. An evangelical Christian. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Born-again

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borinic acids
borishanskiite
borism
bork
borked
borking
borks
borky
borm
bormed
borming
borms
born
born(p)
born-again (current term)
born-again Christian
born-again virgins
born-agains
born again
born and bred
born in a barn
born loser
born on
born on the Fourth of July
born to the purple
born upon
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
borna disease

Literary usage of Born-again

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"Try therefore to be born again in valour, in genius, in fortune, in all. Display startling novelties, rise afresh like the sun every day. ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"at last I ventured to relax my rigid diet, I found myself as wholly free from those infirmities as though I had been born again. Although I took pleasure in ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"alone remembered in which they had been born again to God and to each other." (P. 136.) In the closing pages of this chapter (xii.) the question of slavery ..."

4. Eastern Proverbs and Emblems Illustrating Old Truths by James Long (1881)
"How Born again ?—JOHN 3. 3. A Brahmin is called dvija, twice-born—ie, first by nature, and second by dedication to his religion. ..."

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