rebirth
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[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiˈbɜːθ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɹiˈbɝθ/
Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ
Noun
[edit]rebirth (plural rebirths)
- Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
- 1989, Saral Jhingran, Aspects of Hindu morality, page 35:
- A theistic version of the above doctrine of transmigratory existence is presented best in the Bhagavadgitā which compares the rebirth of the soul in another body to changing of clothes, […]
- Revival, reinvigoration.
- 2009, Richard Taruskin, Music in the Nineteenth Century:
- And it was the spread of modern nationalism in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat that mainly accounted for the nineteenth-century rebirth of the “Handelian” oratorio in Germany, where it had never thrived before, […]
- Spiritual renewal.
- 2000, Joseph Stoutzenberger, Celebrating Sacraments, page 132:
- The rebirth of Baptism affirms that Christ the healer shares our life.
- 2011, Chad T. Pierce, Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ, page 233:
- Rather, in 1 Pet 3:21, those who have experienced rebirth in Christ, presumably through baptism, are promised an eschatological reward.
Translations
[edit]reincarnation
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revival, reinvigoration
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spiritual renewal
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[edit]Verb
[edit]rebirth (third-person singular simple present rebirths, present participle rebirthing, simple past and past participle rebirthed)
- (transitive) To cause to be born again, spiritually renewed, or revived.
- (intransitive) To be born again, spiritually renewed, or revived.
- 1991, Rhonda Levand, “[Celebrating Our Sexuality] Balancing Male and Female Energy”, in Sexual Evolution: How Your Birth and Rebirth Affect Your Sexuality & What to Do About It, Berkeley, Calif.: Celestial Arts, →ISBN, page 176:
- As I rebirthed and did the LRT, I began to love and accept myself as a woman.
- 2001, John Sack, The Dragonhead: The True Story of the Godfather of Chinese Crime—His Rise and Fall, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 371:
- “And how ’bout me?” / “Two life sentences, probably.” / “The one life,” says Johnny, laughing, “isn’t enough? They don’t satisfy one, they want two? Maybe when I rebirth again, I owe them another next life.”
- 2008, Patricia Panahi, God Outside the Box: A Story of Breaking Free, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 87:
- I rebirthed to let go of any belief systems of lack and limitation that might be blocking my success.
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