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Cain

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Noun

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(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cain

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noun
history
(in Scotland and Ireland) payment in kind, usually farm produce paid as rent
noun
1. 
the first son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel (Genesis 4:1–16)
2.  raise Cain

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Cain

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noun
1.  Bible
the oldest son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel: Gen. 4
2. 
any murderer, esp. of a brother

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cain

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In the Bible, the eldest son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel out of jealousy and was condemned to be a fugitive.

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