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Quiverfull

Quiverfull proper noun: a conservative evangelical Christian movement that promotes procreation, rejects birth control, and regards children as a blessing from God.

Proper noun

Quiverfull

  1. A conservative evangelical Christian movement that promotes procreation, rejects birth control, and regards children as a blessing from God.

Noun

Quiverfull (plural Quiverfulls)

  1. A member of the Quiverfull religious movement.

Forms of Quiverfull

pluralQuiverfulls

Origin of Quiverfull

From quiver + full, in reference to the Old Testament: "As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them."

Questions about Quiverfull

What does Quiverfull mean?
Quiverfull means a conservative evangelical Christian movement that promotes procreation, rejects birth control, and regards children as a blessing from God.
What part of speech is Quiverfull?
Quiverfull can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Quiverfull in the dictionary

  1. quiver trees
  2. quivered
  3. quiverer
  4. quiverers
  5. quiverful
  6. Quiverfull
  7. Quiverfulls
  8. quiverfuls
  9. quiverin'
  10. quivering
  11. quiveringly

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