underived

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Jehovah, in its literal grammatical signification, puts emphasis upon the absolute, underived, and therefore unlimited, unconditioned, unchangeable, eternal being of God.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander

The love on either side is on one side spontaneous and underived, and on the other side is secondary and evoked, but it is love on both sides.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

He assumes the Nous and matter as existing from the beginning, side by side, as equally ultimate and underived principles.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

I gather all that I would desire to say into three points: 'that Light' and its witnesses; the underived Light and the kindled lamps; the undying Light and the lamps that go out.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander

It has sincerity, dignity, and reserve, yet it is both deeply impassioned and enamoringly tender; and it is as absolutely personal, as underived, as was Tristan forty years ago.

From Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score by Gilman, Lawrence