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uniˈgeniture
[f. as prec. + -ure.]
1. Theol. The fact of being the only-begotten Son.
1659Pearson Creed 278 Unigeniture being the foundation of his singular love. Ibid. 279 As primogeniture consisteth in prelation, so unigeniture in exclusion. 1691E. Taylor Behmen's Theos. Philos. 369 The intire Will, and Divine Unigeniture.
2. The fact of being an only child; the practice of having only one child.
1887Edin. Rev. Oct. 304 The Norman peasantry who secure the advantages of primogeniture by unigeniture. |