as in illegitimacy
the state or fact of being born out of wedlock
back in the days when the bar sinister was a real obstacle to social acceptance
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From this perspective, the familiar elements of the Nativity—the stable, the shepherds, the Magi—were not meant to paper over the embarrassment at Jesus’ illegitimacy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025 -
From this perspective, the familiar elements of the Nativity—the stable, the shepherds, the Magi—were not meant to paper over the embarrassment at Jesus’ illegitimacy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Bar sinister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bar%20sinister. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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