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original sin
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Wikipedia
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Original Sin (subtitled Music for Ballet Composed by John Lewis ) is an album by third stream composer John Lewis recorded for the Atlantic label in 1961.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sin inherited by all descendants of Adam; "Adam and Even committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden" [ant: actual sin ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s["u]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. Authentic ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context Christianity English) The state of sin, present in each human at birth, that is a direct result of Adam's disobedience to God.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Another incident followed Richard Baxter's preaching of a sermon on original sin . ▪ Howard by his belief in original sin , guilt and the possibility of awakening man's consciousness of sin. ▪ I was told in the third grade that ...
Usage examples of original sin.
The baby is probably the child of incest or rape, so carries the burden of intensified Original Sin.
And behold, there was I received by the scourge of bodily sickness, and I was descending into hell burdened with all the sins that I had committed, both against Thee, myself, and others, many and grievous, over and above that bond of original sin whereby we all die in Adam.