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/blɛst vˈərdʒɪn/ Listen

noun

Virgin n.

A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. (Archaic) "These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins." "He his flesh hath overcome; He was a virgin, as he said."

(Astron.) See Virgo.

(Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

(Zool.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ.

Virgin's bower (Bot.), a name given to several climbing plants of the genus Clematis, as Clematis Vitalba of Europe, and Clematis Virginiana of North America.

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... place is occupied by another Hymn of the Incarnation—Magnificat (doth magnify)—the Song of the Blessed Virgin when the Birth of the Saviour ...

— The Prayer Book Explained • Percival Jackson

... upon the table, and walked on before, I would go with him, whereupon Pastor Benzensis first prayed me with many words and tears to desist from my purpose, and when that was of no avail my child herself stroked my cheeks, saying, "Father, have you ever read that the Blessed Virgin stood by when her guileless Son was scourged? Depart, therefore, from me. You shall stand by the pile whereon I am burned, that I promise you; for in like manner did the Blessed Virgin stand at the foot of the ...

— The Amber Witch • Wilhelm Meinhold

... the Latin convent in which I was quartered there stands the great Catholic church which encloses the sanctuary, the dwelling of the blessed Virgin. {23} This is a grotto of about ten feet either way, forming a little chapel or recess, to which you descend by steps. It is decorated with splendour. On the left hand a column of granite hangs from the top of the grotto to within a few feet of the ground; immediately beneath ...

— Eothen • A. W. Kinglake

... men to foresee what they may be called upon to admit as an article of faith next year, or in any future year: for instance, till of late it was open to a Roman Catholic to believe or not, as he might see reason, the fanciful notion of the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin; but the present Bishop of Rome has seen fit to make it an article of their faith; and no member of his church can henceforth question it without denying the infallibility of his spiritual sovereign, and so hazarding, as it ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850 • Various

... the recitation of the Gospel of St. John has rescued thirteen persons from various dangers; the Blessed Virgin, two; the Blessed Ignatius ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XVII, 1609-1616 • Various

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