virgin birth

vir·gin birth

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Definitions of virgin birth words

noun virgin birth Theology. the doctrine or dogma that, by the miraculous agency of God, the birth of Christ did not impair or prejudice the virginity of Mary. Compare Immaculate Conception. 1
noun virgin birth Zoology. parthenogenesis; parturition by a female who has not copulated. 1
noun virgin birth the doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father but was conceived solely by the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit so that Mary remained miraculously a virgin during and after his birth 0
noun virgin birth the doctrine that Jesus was born to Mary without violating her virginity and that she was his only human parent 0
noun virgin birth parthenogenesis 0
noun virgin birth (biology) A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis. 0

before 1645

One of the 44% oldest English words

First recorded in 1645-55

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