only-begotten

Meaning

Adjective

Being the only child of one’s parent (especially one’s father)
One of the attributes of Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God the Father.

Origin

From Middle English oonlybigeten, equivalent to only + begotten. Compare also Middle English only geten, oonly geten and Middle English onbygoten, oon be-gotyn, one bygeten, oon bigetun, oon bigeten.

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