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noun Theology.
God.
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Origin of First Cause

First recorded in 1895–1900
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British Dictionary definitions for First Cause

first cause

noun
a source or cause of something
(often capitals) (esp in philosophy) God considered as the uncaused creator of all beings apart from himself
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