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Definition of Rebirth

1. Noun. After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body.

2. Noun. A second or new birth.

3. Noun. The revival of learning and culture.

4. Noun. A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life.

Definition of Rebirth

1. Noun. Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first. ¹

2. Noun. Revival, reinvigoration. ¹

3. Noun. Spiritual renewal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rebirth

1. a new or second birth [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebirth

rebent rebetika rebetiko rebid rebidden rebidding rebids rebill rebilled rebilling

rebills rebind rebinding rebindings rebinds rebirth (current term) rebirthings rebirths rebit rebite

rebites rebiting rebitings rebits rebitten rebled rebleed rebleeding rebleeds

Literary usage of Rebirth

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

1. Buddhism in Translations by Henry Clarke Warren (1896)
"Said the king: " Bhante Nagasena, does rebirth take place without anything transmigrating [passing ... rebirth takes place without anything transmigrating. ..."

2. Buddhism in Translations by Henry Clarke Warren (1896)
"Said the king: " Bhante Nagasena, does rebirth take place without anything transmigrating [passing ... rebirth takes place without anything transmigrating. ..."

3. Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesby Nyanatiloka by Nyanatiloka (1980)
"Thus it is really rebirth-consciousness that determines the latent character ... According to the nature of their rebirth- consciousness, beings divide into ..."

4. China Awakened by Min-ch'ien Tuk Zung Tyau (1922)
"We have discussed intellectual rebirth: is there also a religious rebirth in China? Such a question is easier to ask than to answer. ..."

5. To Die Before Death: The Sufi Way of Life by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1997)
"Every new quality is indeed a rebirth Every new action is a rebirth. You undergo all these births in this very lifetime. Look at a person's face, ..."

6. The Rosicrucian Cosmo-conception; Or, Mystic Christianity: An Elementary by Max Heindel (1911)
"It may not be out of place to compare the theory of rebirth with the other two theories ... So the occult scientist can say "I know" in regard to rebirth, ..."

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