English Explanatory Dictionary

Quiverfull

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A conservative evangelical Christian movement that promotes procreation, rejects birth control, and regards children as a blessing from God.
noun
  1. A member of the Quiverfull religious movement.

Word forms

Quiverfull Quiverfulls

Etymology

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."

Related words

quiverful
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