unoriginationn.
/(ˌ)ʌnəˌrɪdʒᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌənəˌrɪdʒəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Chiefly Theology.
The quality of being unoriginated; uncreated existence or being.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > having no origin
unoriginateness1714
unorigination1718
unoriginatedness1723
underivedness1850
1718 T. Pyle Second Vindic. Ld. Bp. of Bangor 41 The Denial of the Divinity of Christ, is..denying him the Supremacy, Unorigination, and Indepedency of the Self-existent Father.
1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 44 [To] worship three distinct conscious beings, of co-ordinate powers, equal independency and unorigination.
1807 R. Kirwan Logick II. iii. viii. 407 He himself will allow, that the unorigination of any being is inexplicable, though far from being inconsistent with any truth.
1868 J. H. Macmahon tr. St. Hippolytus Refut. All Heresies v. vii. 156 Christ descended from above from unorigination, that by his descent all things triply divided might be saved.
1961 C. Ernst tr. K. Rahner Theol. Investig. I. iv. 133 Natural theology is quite capable of affirming the necessity of a pure and absolute unorigination in God.
2007 C. Nwadike Rethinking Myst. of God v. 58 The inner logic of being begotten is equal to the Father's unorigination but from different perspectives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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