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Virtue

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(1):

(n.) Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.

(2):

(n.) Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

(3):

(n.) One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.

(4):

(n.) Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.

(5):

(n.) Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.

(6):

(n.) Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.

(7):

(n.) A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.

(8):

(n.) Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.

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