Forebirth

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    That which precedes birth or is first-born

    "In its Sonship in the Father, and in its unity and Brotherhood in Man, like the Church which is the forebirth of the Kingdom of God, this divine Order was counted as eternal in God, […]"

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"In its Sonship in the Father, and in its unity and Brotherhood in Man, like the Church which is the forebirth of the Kingdom of God, this divine Order was counted as eternal in God, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English forbirth, equivalent to fore- + birth.

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