English Dictionary

rumspringa

名詞

アメリカ英語 可算名詞 不可算名詞

(US) A period of adolescence for some members of the Amish that begins around the age of 14–16 and ends when a youth chooses baptism within the Amish church or instead leaves the community.

日本語の意味

アーミッシュの若者が、14～16歳ごろから始まり、洗礼を受けるか、共同体から離れるかを選ぶまでの、自己探求や反抗、試行錯誤の期間を指す。

During rumspringa, many Amish teenagers explore the outside world before deciding whether to be baptized into the Amish church or to leave the community.

アーミッシュの一部の若者に見られる、14〜16歳ごろに始まり教会での洗礼を受けるか共同体を離れるかを選ぶまで続く思春期の期間中、多くの若者は決断を下す前に外の世界を体験します。

意味（1）

(US) A period of adolescence for some members of the Amish that begins around the age of 14–16 and ends when a youth chooses baptism within the Amish church or instead leaves the community.

At stake for the Amish community in the rumspringa process is nothing less than the survival of their sect and way of life. For if the unbaptized children who venture into the world at sixteen do not later return to the fold in sufficient numbers, the sect will dwindle and die out.

rumspringas （ plural ）