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born-again

born-again adjective: having been spiritually changed through faith.

Adjective

born-again (not comparable)

  1. Having been spiritually changed through faith.
  2. Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.
    • He proclaimed himself a born-again Christian during a church retreat.
    • And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN
  3. Of or pertaining to evangelicalism.
    • To many people a born-again philosophy is a fundamentalist philosophy.
  4. (broadly) Having a newly won zeal for some activity.
    • After not picking up a shovel for twenty years, she finally saw the beauty in flowers and declared herself a born-again gardener.
  5. Utter; out-and-out.
    • Jack Scatalone might have been a born-again bastard during their training, but he was their bastard. And the Special Forces never abandoned one of their own.2023, Cindy Dees, The Medusa Project

Noun

born-again (plural born-agains)

  1. Someone who has been spiritually changed through their (Christian) faith.
  2. Someone who has a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.
  3. An evangelical Christian.
  4. Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief.

Forms of born-again

Adjective
alternative formborn again
Noun
pluralborn-agains

Origin of born-again

From the New Testament: "Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.'" [John 3:3, Today's New International Version].

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Phrases with born-again

Questions about born-again

What does born-again mean?
Born-again means having been spiritually changed through faith.
What part of speech is born-again?
Born-again can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near born-again in the dictionary

  1. born sleeping
  2. born tired
  3. born to the purple
  4. born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
  5. Born's rule
  6. born-again
  7. born-again virgin
  8. born-again virginity
  9. born-again virgins
  10. born-agains
  11. born-alive

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