virgin
part of speech
noun (a virgin, virgins; the Virgin Mary — church); adjective (virgin)
meaning for a pupil
1) (church) The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus; Christians believe she conceived Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit while still a virgin. tree →
2) A virgin is a person who has never had sex. tree →
3) As an adjective, virgin means never used, touched or spoiled, as in "virgin snow" or "virgin rainforest". tree →
4) Extra virgin olive oil is the purest, best kind, made from the first pressing of olives. tree →
5) Virgin can also mean pure and unmixed, with nothing else added. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, a virgin is an unmarried young woman. Laws about marriage and about the priests mention her. The prophets and psalms use "virgin" in pictures, such as a virgin mourning for her husband, and for young women and men together as the young people of the land. In the primary lessons: In church and at Christmas, the word appears in carols and prayers about Mary ("the Virgin Mary", "born of a virgin"), and in the Nicene Creed. In geography and science, virgin forest has never been cut down. In cooking, labels say "extra virgin olive oil". In health lessons for older pupils, the meaning about sex is explained privately and respectfully. Phrases: "the Virgin Mary", "virgin forest", "virgin snow", "extra virgin olive oil".
examples
- If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. (Torah EXO.22.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband, for her may he defile himself. (Torah LEV.21.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs. (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song. (Writings PSA.78.63, JPS 1917) tree →
- Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. (Prophets JOL.1.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst. (Prophets AMO.8.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- (church) At Christmas we sing about Jesus being born of the Virgin Mary. tree →
- There is a statue of the Virgin Mary in our church. tree →
- We were the first to walk on the virgin snow. tree →
- Virgin rainforest has never been cut down by people. tree →
- Mum cooks with extra virgin olive oil. tree →
- (Bible) Matthew's Gospel says Mary was a virgin when Jesus was born. tree →
- The Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean. tree →
- There was gold, pure virgin gold in that blessed kiss. tree →
note
Countable as a noun. With Mary it takes a capital letter: the Virgin Mary, the Virgin. Noun: virginity. The meaning about sex is private and grown-up; in most school texts the word means "the Virgin Mary" or "untouched".
In the corpora
- (22-16) If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
- Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.
- She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.
- Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «virgin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.