mark of cain
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mark of divine protection imposed on Cain, a biblical figure, for murdering his brother Abel.
noun
The darker skin found on people of non-European descent, believed to result from being a supposed descendant of Cain.
Derogatory; Obsolete; Offensive
noun
Alternative form of mark of Cain.
Example Sentences
- "The Bible vaguely describes the mark of Cain; it does not specify its exact nature."
- "If that is true, whatever the mark of Cain was, God removed His protection."
- "The mark of Cain was a one-time act of mercy for a rebellious sinner, but the marks Christ bears were from a once-for-all sacrifice given for the sins of rebellious mankind."
- "The Mark of Cain was most likely a physical mark left by God on Cain’s head, which demonstrated to the world He had God’s protection; ultimately, the Bible does not need to go into more detail, because what the specific mark was is not important, rather the love of God’s forgiveness and mercy is the important message."
- "When the engineer's design failed, he received a mark of Cain causing others to choose not to work with him."
- "A genetic defect might metaphorically be referred to as a "Mark of Cain""
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Wiktionary places this term in Religion.