virgin birth
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
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noun
(often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
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(often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
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noun
Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.
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noun
Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Many religions and traditions have myths about a virgin birth."
- "Oh, you never let the cat out? Then I suppose those kittens were a virgin birth."