Virgin Mary

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noun

a Bloody Mary made without vodka or other liquor.

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Origin of Virgin Mary

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Words nearby Virgin Mary

Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands of the United States, virginity, virginium, Virgin Mary, virgin metal, Virgin Queen, Virgin River, virgin's-bower, virgin soil

How to use Virgin Mary in a sentence

He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Gillingham tells Mary that he wants to make their lives simpler, but it sounds a little like the dying of the light.
What Downton’s Fashion Really Means|Katie Baker|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Then again, this is not the high-spirited Mary we met in Season 1—indeed, none of the Crawleys are the same.
What Downton’s Fashion Really Means|Katie Baker|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Maybe Mary is being more realistic about a second marriage—but is it too much to ask for a little fire?
What Downton’s Fashion Really Means|Katie Baker|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
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The Authorised Version has: “And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
I was thinking of any thing but the Virgin, or the window, or the light; I was thinking of my companion—so fair, and so devout.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
She fixed her imploring eyes on the Virgin's face and on the saints; but all seemed to her to wear a forbidding look.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Were they to be driven out,—driven out this very day, when the Virgin had only just now seemed to promise her help and protection?
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for Virgin Mary

Virgin Mary

noun

Mary, the mother of ChristAlso called: the Virgin

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