VIRGINS

Meaning of VIRGINS in English

plural of virgin

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

VIRGINS — Девственницы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VIRGINS — Дивы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
VIRGINS — Девы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
VIRGINS — Девственницы
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VESTAL VIRGIN — In Roman religion , any of six priestesses, representing the daughters of the royal house, who tended the state cult …
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VESTA — In Roman religion , the goddess of the hearth, identified with the Greek Hestia . Because maintaining a hearth fire …
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VAGINA — Genital canal in females. Together with the cavity of the uterus , it forms the birth canal. In most virgins, …
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URSULA, SAINT — flourished 4th century, Rome; feast day October 21 Legendary leader of a band of virgins martyred by the Huns. The …
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PARILIA — Ancient Roman festival celebrated annually on April 21 in honor of the goddess Pales, protector of flocks and herds. It …
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HAGIOGRAPHY — Literature describing the lives of the saints. Christian hagiography includes stories of saintly monks, bishops, princes, and virgins, with accounts …
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ZONE — I. ˈzōn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin zona girdle, belt, zone, from Greek zōnē; akin to Greek zōma girdle, …
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VOW — I. ˈvau̇ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English vowe, vow, vou, from Old French vo, vou, vowe, from Latin …
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VIRGIN — I. ˈvərjə̇n, ˈvə̄j-, ˈvəij- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French virgine, from Latin virgin-, virgo young …
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DEMURE — I. də̇ˈmyu̇(ə)r, dēˈ-, -u̇ə adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from Middle French demorer, demourer to linger, wait …
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VINDICTIVE — (ˈ)vin|diktiv, -tēv also -təv adjective Etymology: Latin vindicta revenge, vindication (from vindicare to defend, avenge) + English -ive 1. a. …
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HOURI — noun or hu·ri ˈhürē, ˈhu̇rē, ˈhau̇rē, -ri ( -s ) Etymology: French houri, from Persian hūri, from Arabic ḥūrīyah, singular …
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VESTALES — (n. pl.) A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.
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AUREOLE — (n.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, …
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VESTALES — ( n. pl. ) A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.
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AUREOLE — ( n. ) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those …
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VESTAL VIRGIN — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire …
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VESTA — /ves"teuh/ , n. 1. the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which …
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URSULA — /err"seuh leuh, errs"yoo-/ , n. 1. Saint , a legendary British princess who, with 11,000 virgins, is said to have …
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HOURI — /hoor"ee, howeur"ee, how"euh ree/ , n. , pl. houris . one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all …
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VESTALES — noun ·pl a group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.
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VESTAL VIRGIN — in Roman religion, any of the six priestesses, representing the daughters of the royal house, who tended the state cult …
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URSULA, SAINT — flourished 4th century, , Rome; feast day October 21 legendary leader of 11 or 11,000 virgins reputedly martyred at Cologne, …
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CHOSEN WOMEN — Quechua Aclla Cuna, or Aklya Kona ("Virgins of the Sun") in Inca religion, women who lived in temple convents under …
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VIRGIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES extra virgin virgin birth virgin forest (= forest that has not been used or …
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VESTA — n. In Roman religion , the goddess of the hearth, identified with the Greek Hestia . Because maintaining a hearth …
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URSULA, SAINT — flourished 4th century, Rome; feast day October 21 Legendary leader of a band of virgins martyred by the Huns. The …
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