geniture

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And so I grew to see The deepest truths of God, and God Himself, The geniture of all things, of the Word Becoming flesh in Christ.

From Toward the Gulf by Masters, Edgar Lee

Thy geniture, and thy redeeming power Transcend the known extent of nature's dower: But pity weak mortality—that tries To reach, what may elude all human eyes!

From Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author by Hayley, William

It was thought that this was impossible in our republic because we had no law of primogeniture, but we have another kind of geniture that is very effective.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

There are, who call Him, by their dreams beguil'd, Mere man; of mortal geniture the child!

From Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author by Hayley, William

Pliny saith, Shell fish is the wonderful geniture of a pearl congealed into a diaphanous stone, and the shell is called the mother of pearl.

From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William