Bible Dictionaries
Virtual

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.

(2):

(a.) Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Virtual'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/virtual.html. 1828.