(Christianity) The condition of man before the Fall as made in the image of God.

plural of series original

plural of original sin

A place where something comes from or originates.

(copyright law) A threshold of creativity and originality that has to be met in order for a work to be considered a work of art and thus copyrightable.

(UK, of a person) Having mixed racial, ethnic, or national parentage or ancestry. This term was promoted as an alternative to “mixed race” in a 1994 resolution of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, in part because of its correlation to mid-twentieth-century British laws using the phrase “race or ethnic or national origins”, but did not see wide use outside of the UK anthropology field.

(cinematography) The aspect ratio of the rectangular shape that the director intended his or her motion picture to be viewed in, as opposed to modified aspect ratio.

plural of original aspect ratio

plural of book of original entry

A record book in which all transactions (or all of a certain class) of a business are recorded and from entries are made in accounting records such as the general ledger or subsidiary ledgers.