original sin

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Noun

original sin

1. (Christianity) Adam's disobedience to God.
2. (Christianity) The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience.
3. (figurative) The misdeed partially or entirely responsible for all of the similar ones after it.

Translations

• German: Ursünde
• Italian: peccato originale

Translations

• French: péché originel
• German: Erbsünde
• Italian: peccato originale
• Portuguese: pecado original
• Russian: перворо́дный грех
• Spanish: pecado original

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