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Unigenitus

Unigenitus proper noun: an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Clement XI in 1713, which condemned 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel.

Proper noun

Unigenitus

  1. (historical) An apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Clement XI in 1713, which condemned 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel.

Origin of Unigenitus

From Latin ūnigenitus (“only begotten”); its opening words were "unigenitus dei filius", meaning "only begotten son of God".

Questions about Unigenitus

What does Unigenitus mean?
Unigenitus means an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Clement XI in 1713, which condemned 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel.
What part of speech is Unigenitus?
Unigenitus is a proper noun.

Words near Unigenitus in the dictionary

  1. unigenesis
  2. unigenetic
  3. unigenist
  4. unigenital
  5. unigeniture
  6. Unigenitus
  7. unigenomic
  8. unigenotype
  9. unigenous
  10. uniglandular
  11. uniglobular

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