unigeniture
/ˌjuːnɪˈd͡ʒɛnɪtjʊə/
unigeniture means the state of being the sole begotten. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
unigeniture is pronounced /ˌjuːnɪˈd͡ʒɛnɪtjʊə/.
Why “unigeniture” is a great word
UNIGENITURE — [Noun] The state or condition of being the only begotten. From Latin unigenitus ("only-begotten"), from unus ("one") + genitus, past participle of gignere ("to beget"), with the English suffix -ure forming a noun of state or condition; first attested in English in 1659. Unlike primogeniture, which codifies the legal rights of a firstborn among siblings, or the simple descriptor "only child," unigeniture denotes an ontological status of singular generation. It is the theological weight behind a specific pronoun in an ancient creed, the absolute solitude of an heir in an empty ancestral hall, and the quiet, irrevocable fact of a womb that bore just once—a condition defined not by absence, but by an absolute and irrevocable uniqueness.
Etymology
From Latin unigenitus (“only-begotten”), from unus (“one”) + genitum (“to beget”).
noun
- The state of being the sole begotten.“1868, Rev. J. Gorle, An Analysis of Pearson on the Creed
Though therefore Christ be the only-begotten and the beloved Son of God, we must not regard these two attributes as equivalent in meaning, but as one depending on the other, the singular love on the unigeniture.”