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original sin
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Original Sin is a tribute album by the Australian rock band INXS . It was released on physical media on 16 November 2010 by Epic Records , Atco Records and Polydor after having been released digitally on 28 October 2010. Original Sin features covers of ...
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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.
WordNet
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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
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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 ...
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.