Meanings
plural forebirths
- That which precedes birth or is first-born
The silence between them was prickly and oppressive, like the humid forebirth of a thunderstorm.
(Can we date this quote?), The Inn at Sharons Crossing, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 431 more example
In its Sonship in the Father, and in its unity and Brotherhood in Man, like the Church which is the forebirth of the Kingdom of God, this divine Order was counted as eternal in God, […]
1898, Edward Augustus Warriner, The Gate Called Beautiful, page 92
Origin
- Middle Englishforbirth
- Englishforebirth
From Middle English forbirth, equivalent to fore- + birth.
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