inbirth

noun

1. An inner or inward birth

   rare

   My dear invisible Church (truly invisible, even to its pastor, as I never set eyes on one of you)-my dear Church, I'll let you into a secret—I am no mystic; I never in my life was in a “high sphere," and never experienced an “inbirth."

Where it comes from

From in- + birth. Compare Old English inberþ, inbyrd (“born within one's estate; native-born”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry inbirth (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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