ˈonly-beˈgotten, a.
Begotten as an only child; transl. L. ūnigenitus, Gr. µονογενής: in OE. áncenned, ankenned.
| 1450–1530 Myrr. our Ladye 314 The only begotten sonne of god. 1526 Tindale John i. 14 The glory off the only begotten sonne off the father. 1534 ― Heb. xi. 17 In fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac..beinge his only begotten sonne. 1833 J. H. Newman Arians ii. iii. (1876) 158 Scripture designates Him as the only-begotten or the own Son of God. |