noun one of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.
2. virtue ·noun excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
3. virtue ·noun manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
4. virtue ·noun a particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, ·etc.
5. virtue ·noun specifically: chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
6. virtue ·noun energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
7. virtue ·noun specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.
8. virtue ·noun 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.