geniture

[ jen-i-cher, -choor ]

noun

1. birth; generation.
2. Astrology. nativity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of geniture¹

1540–50; ( Middle French ) < Latin genitūra. See genital, -ure

Example Sentences

Moreover it eliquateth the pinguie substance of the kidneys, and absumeth the geniture.

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The author speaks the language of astrology, in which geniture signifies nativity.

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And the very stress laid upon this mode of geniture, implies not only the possibility of a different sort, but its frequency also!

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