born-again
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noun
- 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.
adjective
- Having been spiritually changed through faith.
- Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.“He proclaimed himself a born-again Christian during a church retreat.”
- Of or pertaining to evangelicalism.“To many people a born-again philosophy is a fundamentalist philosophy.”
- (by extension) 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.”
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