unbegotten
Americanadjective
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not yet begotten; as yet unborn.
decisions that will affect our unbegotten children.
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without a beginning; eternal.
Etymology
Origin of unbegotten
Example Sentences
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Therefore the Father ought not to be called unbegotten.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Hence, since "begotten" implies relation in God, "unbegotten" belongs also to relation.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Kill me, and generations die.'—So, of old, the unbegotten lived within the virgin; who then loved her God, as new-made mothers their babes ere born.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
Since he is comprehended by no one, and is invisible, eternal, and unbegotten, he was in silence and profound quiescence in the boundless ages.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
Sais was under the protection of the goddess Neit, the unbegotten mother of the sun.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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