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virtue noun 1 a quality regarded as morally good • He has many virtues, including honesty. 2 moral goodness; righteousness. 3 an admirable quality or desirable feature • The virtue of this one is its long life. 4 virginity, especially in women. 5 Christianity in the traditional medieval hierarchy of nine ranks of angels: an angel of the fifth-highest rank. Compare seraph, cherub, throne, dominion, power, principality, archangel, angel. by or in virtue of something because of it; on account of it. make a virtue of necessity to do something unpleasant with a good grace, from a sense of duty or obligation.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French vertu, from Latin virtus 'manliness' or 'bravery'.
virtue noun 1 a quality regarded as morally good • He has many virtues, including honesty. 2 moral goodness; righteousness. 3 an admirable quality or desirable feature • The virtue of this one is its long life. 4 virginity, especially in women. 5 Christianity in the traditional medieval hierarchy of nine ranks of angels: an angel of the fifth-highest rank. Compare seraph, cherub, throne, dominion, power, principality, archangel, angel. by or in virtue of something because of it; on account of it. make a virtue of necessity to do something unpleasant with a good grace, from a sense of duty or obligation.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French vertu, from Latin virtus 'manliness' or 'bravery'.
virtue noun 1 a quality regarded as morally good • He has many virtues, including honesty. 2 moral goodness; righteousness. 3 an admirable quality or desirable feature • The virtue of this one is its long life. 4 virginity, especially in women. 5 Christianity in the traditional medieval hierarchy of nine ranks of angels: an angel of the fifth-highest rank. Compare seraph, cherub, throne, dominion, power, principality, archangel, angel. by or in virtue of something because of it; on account of it. make a virtue of necessity to do something unpleasant with a good grace, from a sense of duty or obligation.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French vertu, from Latin virtus 'manliness' or 'bravery'.
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