base born

base born
   obsolete
   illegitimate
   Nor merely of humble parentage in the days when primogeniture was paramount:
    One Sarah Gore came to me this morning and brought me an Instrument from the Court of Wells to perform publick penance next Sunday at C. Cary Church for having a base born child, which I am to administer to her publickly next Sunday after divine Service. (Bush, 1997, quoting James Woodforde, 3 January 1768: had the practice continued, modern churchgoers would sit down late to luncheon of a Sunday)

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