Virgin birth

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth. alt-of
  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth. alt-of
  4. 4
    the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas wordnet
  5. 5
    (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    human conception without fertilization by a man wordnet
  2. 7
    (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.; Any similar birth of a deity. countable, uncountable

    "At the moment then when Sirius, the star from the East, by coming to the Meridian at midnight signalled the Sun's new birth, the Virgin was seen just rising on the Eastern sky - the horizon line passing through her centre. And many people think that this astronomical fact is the explanation of the very widespread legend of the Virgin-birth."

  3. 8
    Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse. countable, uncountable

    "Many religions and traditions have myths about a virgin birth."

  4. 9
    Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From virgin + birth.

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