Virginname

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  ChristianitySynonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”).

  • 'Behold,' said he, showing the picture of the Virgin, 'Behold her who protects us. Fear nothing : we shall reach Chang-hai, and we shall see our bishop.' He spoke truth : shortly they descried a Chinese junk. The master of it, on the promise of a good round sum, undertook to guide them to their destination.
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  astrologyastronomyhuman-sciencesThe constellation and zodiacal sign Virgo.

  • In Autumpne, whan the sonne in vyrgyne / By radyante hete enryped hath our corne […]
  • When the bright Virgin gives the beauteous Days, / And Libra weighs in equal Scales the Year […].
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  rareA surname.

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  A tributary of the Colorado River in the states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona in the United States.

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  A town in Washington County, Utah.

Virginnoun

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  ChristianityartartsA representation (picture, statue etc.) of Virgin Mary.

  • Of the forty-five floats presenting Virgins alone, two are preeminent and the subject of such veneration that even the most casual observer must reflect on the fact that Holy Week, which commemorates Christ's passion and death, has become in Spain a celebration in which he plays a secondary role, with his mother becoming the central figure.

virginnoun/ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/

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  A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

  • On the other hand, the daughter of a clergyman repeatedly performed fellatio instead of genital intercourse so that she could remain a virgin.
  • Could I convert virgins to nymphomania? Masturbators to rakehood? Faithful wives to adulteresses? Seducers to ascetics? Very doubtful. But possible.
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  A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.

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  CatholicismChristianitySomeone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint.

  • In its list of saints, the Catholic Church classifies St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux as virgins.
  • This was the relation of the order of virgins to the Church from the latter part of the fourth to the beginning of the seventh century. The modern “sister” had no exact prototype in the Church of the first seven centuries.
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  informalOne who has never used or experienced a specified thing.

  • I've never eaten tofu before—you could say I'm a tofu virgin.
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  Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

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  biologyentomologynatural-sciencesA female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

virginadj/ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/

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  In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.

  • Innocence and virgin Modestie […] / That would be woo’d, and not unsought be won
  • He was now about twenty-three years old, and, though still virgin, the sex instinct that Miriam had over refined for so long now grew particularly strong.
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  Of a physical object, untouched.

  • The white cold virgin snow upon my heart / Abates the ardour of my liver.
  • There is something about virgin sand which arouses all the worst instincts of the detective-story writer. One feels an irresisitible impulse to go and make footprints all over it.
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  Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.

  • virgin prairie
  • virgin ecosystem
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  Inexperienced.

  • The woman shook dangerously, an obvious virgin gunhandler.
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  Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.

  • Wondering how some oil is somehow more virgin than regular virgin olive oil can be a real head-scratcher.
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  Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.

  • a virgin daiquiri