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illegitimate
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illegitimate
[il′ejit′imit]
Etymology: L, in, not, lex, law
1 not authorized by law.
2 born out of wedlock.
3 abnormal.


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Any university that accredits a faculty or school of theology thereby illegitimates itself to the same degree as if it maintained a school of astrology or tealeaf reading.
You could call them all monarchists and that includes Rufus King, Ben Franklin and the other noble offspring and illegitimates like Jefferson.
The Catholic Church had instituted celibacy for the express reason of making it so no priest could pass his fortune to any offspring (and they treated illegitimates as if they had no legal standing while also making any adoptees the subject of rumor or charges about sexual impropriety).
 
 
 
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