1. cain - Noun
2. Cain - Proper noun
(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God
Source: WordNetGod drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast. Ambrose
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain. Abraham Cowley
Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom; Not made him wander, but continued him home. John Cleveland
The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war. African Spir
Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young. Charles Mackay
Lord, you have cursed Cain and Cain's children: thy will be done. You have allowed men's hearts to be corrupted, that their intentions be rotten, that their actions putrefy and stink: thy will be done. Jean-Paul Sartre