virgin+purity
21vir|gin|i|ty — «vuhr JIHN uh tee», noun. 1. a) the state or condition of a virgin; maidenhood. b) a condition that presumes a state of chastity; spinsterhood. 2. Figurative. the condition of being virgin; purity; freshness …
22Shakers — The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, known as the Shakers, was a Protestant religious denomination that originated in Manchester, England in 1747 in the home of Jane and James Wardley. The Shakers developed from the… …
23Measure for Measure — a comedy (1604) by Shakespeare. * * * ▪ work by Shakespeare a “dark” comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare, William), written about 1603–04 and published in the First Folio of 1623 from a transcript of an authorial draft. The… …
24ANGELICO, FRA — an Italian painter, born at Mugello, in Tuscany; became a Dominican monk at Fiesole, whence he removed to Florence, and finally to Rome, where he died; devoted his life to religious subjects, which he treated with great delicacy, beauty, and… …
25PINDAR — the greatest lyric poet of Greece, and for virgin purity of imagination ranked by Ruskin along with Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Scott; born near Thebes, in Boeotia, of a musical family, and began his musical education by practice on the flute,… …
26maidenhood — n. 1. Virginity, virgin purity, maidhood. 2. Freshness, newness …
27Virginity — Virgin and Maiden redirect here. For other uses, see Virgin (disambiguation) and Maiden (disambiguation). Invocation by Frederick Leighton White has traditionally been associated with ritual purity, innocence and virginity. Virginity refers to… …
28Mary (mother of Jesus) — Virgin Mary redirects here. For other uses, see Virgin Mary (disambiguation). Saint Mary redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Mary (disambiguation). This article is an overview. For specific views, see: Anglican, Ecumenical, Islamic,… …
29Immaculate Conception — • In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus… …
30Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
