original sin

Definitions

1. Adam's disobedience to God.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience.
   countable, uncountable
3. The misdeed partially or entirely responsible for all of the similar ones after it.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I vvas baptized in thy Cordiall vvater, againſt Original ſinne, and I haue drunke of thy Cordiall Blood, for my recouerie, from actuall, and habituall ſinne, in the other Sacrament.”

“You have⟳ to give⟳ director Colm McCarthy, a Scottish TV veteran making his feature film debut, and writer Mike Carey, adapting his own⟳ novel, credit for attempting the seemingly impossible task of doing something new with the zombie subgenre. And by blending it with the common YA trope of a young female protagonist who leads the world into a new revolutionary era, they almost get⟳ there—largely thanks to newcomer Nanua, who presents her character’s grappling with complex themes of identity and original sin with a childlike guilelessness.”

“The dim-wits hardly realize⟳ that they come⟳ pretty close⟳ to accusing God of advocating ritual murder⟳, when they use⟳ the Biblical story to prove⟳ the “original sin” of the Jews.”

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