archsin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

arch- +‎ sin

Noun[edit]

archsin (plural archsins)

  1. A chief or primary sin.
    • 1959, Raphael Patai, Sex and Family in the Bible and the Middle East, page 159:
      Illicit sex, on the other hand, is the archsin, the gravest crime, a transgression which carries in itself its horrible punishment.
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