Meanings
- A conservative evangelical Christian movement that promotes procreation, rejects birth control, and regards children as a blessing from God.
Origin
From quiver + full, in reference to the Old Testament: "As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them."
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Quiverfull. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quiverfull
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