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Webster 1913 Edition


Unigeniture

Uˊni-gen′i-ture

,
Noun.
[L.
unigenitus
only-begotten;
unus
one +
gignere
,
genitum
, to beget.]
The state of being the only begotten.
[R.]
Bp. Pearson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unigeniture

UNIGEN'ITURE

,
Noun.
[L. unigenitus; unus and genitus.]
The state of being the only begotten.

Definition 2024


unigeniture

unigeniture

English

Alternative forms

  • unogeniture rare

Noun

unigeniture (uncountable)

  1. (theology) The state of being the sole begotten.
    • Bishop John Pearson
      Though therefore Christ be the only-begotten and the beloved Son of God, we must not regard these two attributes as equivalent in meaning, but as one depending on the other, the singular love on the unigeniture.

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