virgin birth
A birth after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother,…A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
» Immaculate conception simply means that the Virgin Mary herself was born without original sin. Virgin birth is how Christ came about.
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
Jungfernzeugung, Jungferngeburt
(countable, uncountable)(often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
Jungfrauengeburt
(often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
(countable, uncountable)Any similar birth of a deity.
(countable, uncountable)Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.
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.
(countable, uncountable)Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.
- the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
- human conception without fertilization by a man
Examples
1 sentencesImmaculate conception simply means that the Virgin Mary herself was born without original sin. Virgin birth is how Christ came about.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From virgin + birth.From virgin + birth.
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Forms
plural: virgin birthsSynonyms
3 synonyms- the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas:Nativity
- human conception without fertilization by a man:parthenogenesisparthenogeny
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable