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Blessed Virgin

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Blessed Virgin
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Chiefly RC Church another name for Mary [1a]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Blessed VirginBlessed Virgin - the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
Madonna, Mary, The Virgin, Virgin Mary
Translations
Blessed Virgin
n → Heilige Jungfrau (Maria)
Blessed Virgin n the Blessed Virgin → la Santa Vergine
Blessed Virgin n the Blessed Virgin → la Santa Vergine


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They were girls of fourteen, always clad in the Virgin's colors, blue and white, having been dedicated to the Blessed Virgin at their baptism.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
The patriarch, impatient to be gone, took leave in the most tender manner of the governor and his other friends, recommended our voyage to the Blessed Virgin, and in the field, before we went on shipboard, made a short exhortation, so moving and pathetic, that it touched the hearts of all who heard it.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
And without surprise, in that blue sky, real with a reality that not the eye but the soul confesses, with its rack of light clouds driven by strange breezes, like the cries and the sighs of lost souls, you saw the Blessed Virgin with a gown of red and a cloak of blue, surrounded by winged angels.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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