first cause

See also: First Cause

English

Alternative forms

First Cause

Noun

first cause (plural first causes)

(theology, philosophy, sometimes capitalized) An initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow.

Synonyms

first mover, prime mover, primum mobile

References

"first cause" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
"first cause" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
“first+cause” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)

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