English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
Result
Result for Virtue
Virtue
(n.)
Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
Virtue
(n.)
Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the
production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as,
the virtue of a medicine.
Virtue
(n.)
Energy or influence operating without contact of the
material or sensible substance.
Virtue
(n.)
Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
Virtue
(n.)
Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character;
purity of soul; performance of duty.
Virtue
(n.)
A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of
temperance, of charity, etc.
Virtue
(n.)
Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of
women; virginity.
Virtue
(n.)
One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.