rebirth

Definition

Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

Etymology

From re- + birth.

Example Sentences

• "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, […]"
• "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, […]"
• "The rebirth of Baptism affirms that Christ the healer shares our life."

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