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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But if unbegotten, it must also be indestructible; for if beginning were destroyed, there could be no beginning out of anything, nor anything out of a beginning; and all things must have a beginning.
From Phaedrus by Jowett, Benjamin
But he speaks in a general sense, forasmuch as not every unbegotten being is the Father.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
If in a negative sense, then whatever is not begotten can be called unbegotten.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
The unbegotten, everlasting God; Unmade, eternal, all-pervading power; Center and source of all things, high and low, Maker and master of the Universe— Ah, nay, the mighty Universe itself!
From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
Sais was under the protection of the goddess Neit, the unbegotten mother of the sun.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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