"original sin" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-original-sin.ogg Forms: original sins [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin peccātum orīgināle, a phrase used by 4th-century Berber theologian and saint Augustine of Hippo in his interpretations of the Bible. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|la|peccātum orīgināle}} Calque of Latin peccātum orīgināle Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} original sin (countable and uncountable, plural original sins)
  1. (Christianity) Adam's disobedience to God. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity
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  2. (Christianity) The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (state of sinfulness in each human): اَلْخَطِيئَة اَلْأَصْلِيَّة (al-ḵaṭīʔa l-ʔaṣliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), pecat original [masculine] (Catalan), 原罪 (yuánzuì) (Chinese Mandarin), ilk güna (Crimean Tatar), prvotní hřích [masculine] (Czech), arvesynd [common-gender] (Danish), erfzonde (Dutch), arvasynd [feminine] (Faroese), arvsynd [feminine] (Faroese), perisynti (Finnish), péché originel [masculine] (French), Erbsünde [feminine] (German), Ursünde [feminine] (German), προπατορικό αμάρτημα (propatorikó amártima) [neuter] (Greek), erfðasynd [feminine] (Icelandic), dosa asal (Indonesian), peaca an tsinsir [masculine] (Irish), peccato originale [masculine] (Italian), 原罪 (genzai) (alt: げんざい) (Japanese), peccatum originale [neuter] (Latin), iedzimtais grēks [masculine] (Latvian), dosa asal (Malay), arvesynd [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), arvesynd [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), grzech pierworodny (Polish), pecado original [masculine] (Portuguese), păcat originar [neuter] (Romanian), păcat strămoșesc [neuter] (Romanian), перворо́дный грех (pervoródnyj grex) [masculine] (Russian), peacadh-gine [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), peacadh an nàdair (Scottish Gaelic), pecado original [masculine] (Spanish), arvsynd [common-gender] (Swedish), salang orihinal (Tagalog), unang sala (Tagalog), บาปกำเนิด (bàap-gam-nə̀ət) (Thai), llwgr gwreiddiol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-original_sin-en-noun-92-izqXE Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'state of sinfulness in each human': 1 95 4
  3. (figurative) The misdeed partially or entirely responsible for all of the similar ones after it. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Derived forms: original antigenic sin Translations (Adam's disobedience): arvesynd [common-gender] (Danish), perisynti (Finnish), Ursünde [feminine] (German), Erbsünde [feminine] (German), peccato originale [masculine] (Italian), păcatul originar [neuter] (Romanian), păcatul strămoșesc [neuter] (Romanian)
Disambiguation of "Adam's disobedience": 54 46 0

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