mark of cain

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   the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature

   Broadersin

Questions about mark of cain

What does mark of cain mean?

mark of cain means "the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature".

Is mark of cain a common word?

mark of cain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.