virgo intacta
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of virgo intacta
Latin, literally: untouched virgin
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Compare also Ezek. xvi., where Israel, before her marriage, appears as a virgo intacta.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
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