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geniture

[jen-i-cher, -choo r]

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noun

birth; generation.

Astrology. nativity.

Origin of geniture

1540–50; (Middle French) < Latin genitūra. See genital, -ure

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for geniture

birth, bearing, travail, accouchement, childbearing, lying-in, confinement, birthing, labor, parturition

Examples from the Web for geniture

Historical Examples of geniture

And the very stress laid upon this mode of geniture, implies not only the possibility of a different sort, but its frequency also!
The Round Towers of Ireland
Henry O'Brien
The author speaks the language of astrology, in which geniture signifies nativity.
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 11
John Dryden
Moreover it eliquateth the pinguie substance of the kidneys, and absumeth the geniture.
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831
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