Virgin

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Virgin is a revered honorific title in Christian tradition signifying a woman’s perpetual chastity and spiritual purity, often associated with saints and the Virgin Mary.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Virgin canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious concept ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
appliesTo women ⓘ
associatedWith Mary, mother of Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary

Virgin Mary ⓘ
connotes perpetual chastity ⓘ
spiritual purity ⓘ
contrastedWith married woman ⓘ
widow ⓘ
derivedFrom Latin word virgo ⓘ
emphasizes exclusive dedication to God ⓘ
hasAspect bodily integrity ⓘ
moral purity ⓘ
honorificFor a woman consecrated to God ⓘ
a woman who remains sexually abstinent ⓘ
iconographicAttribute depicted with modest clothing ⓘ
often shown with a veil ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Latin ⓘ
linkedDoctrine Christian virginity ideal ⓘ
perpetual virginity of Mary ⓘ
moralDimension ideal of inner purity ⓘ
relatedConcept celibacy ⓘ
consecrated virginity ⓘ
vow of chastity ⓘ
roleInDevotion focus of Marian titles and prayers ⓘ
roleInTheology model of holiness for Christian women ⓘ
spiritualDimension total consecration to God ⓘ
titleForm Blessed Virgin ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary

Ever-Virgin ⓘ
Holy Virgin ⓘ
linked to: Our Lady of Kazan

The Virgin ⓘ
usedAsTitleFor female saints ⓘ
saints ⓘ
usedInContext Christian iconography ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ
Marian devotion ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
usedInTradition Christianity ⓘ
valuedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

some Anglican traditions ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.