first cause (n)
prime mover (n)
primum mobile (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause
examples God is the first cause
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Hypernym causal agent, cause, causal agency
Incoming links
Hyponym causal agent, cause, causal agency

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