born-again
adjective
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adj
Etymology: 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].
- Having been spiritually changed through faith.
- 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.”
- Of or pertaining to evangelicalism.
“To many people a born-again philosophy is a fundamentalist philosophy.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
noun
Etymology: 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].
- Someone who has been spiritually changed through their (Christian) faith.
- Someone who has a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.
- An evangelical Christian.
- Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief.