only-begotten
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
And from these proceeds an only-begotten son, Mumis, which, I conceive, is no other than the intelligible world proceeding from the two principles.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
"I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me may be with Me where I am"; and "the only-begotten Son is in the bosom of the Father."
From Memoranda Sacra by J. Rendel (James Rendel) Harris
It was the love of God that prompted Him to send His only-begotten Son into the world that He might save it.
From Sovereign Grace Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects by Dwight Lyman Moody
And while he was speaking, the holy man said, "My hour of death is come; blessed be the name of the Lord for all his mercies to me, through the merits of his only-begotten Son."
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
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