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first cause
noun
an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause
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God is the first cause

• Syn: ↑prime mover, ↑primum mobile
• Hypernyms: ↑causal agent, ↑cause, ↑causal agency

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noun
1. in some philosophies : the self-created being to which every chain of causes must ultimately go back
2. usually capitalized F&C : god — compare prime mover

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Theol.
God.
[1895-1900]

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first cause
The original cause or creator of all, God
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Main Entry: ↑cause

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First Cause,
Theology. God as the original and uncaused cause of the universe.

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n. Philosophy a supposed ultimate cause of all events, which does not itself have a cause, identified with God

Useful english dictionary. 2012.