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For as long as I care to remember, religion, like the striptease, has always been a display of the power of suggestion. Like the Virgin Birth, it has all too often supported an immaculate deception.
Bernard Katz

Meaning of "the Virgin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE VIRGIN

the Virgin play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE VIRGIN

the vag
the vapours
the varletry
the vast
the veil
the Veneti
the vernacular
the very devil
the very idea!
the Vienna Union
the Virgin Queen
the Wagon
the Wash
the Water Carrier
the waves
the way
the weakest link
the Weald
the web
the weed

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE VIRGIN

allergin
Blessed Virgin
call for margin
Dormition of the Blessed Virgin
extra virgin
gross margin
margin
nonvirgin
profit margin
safety margin
vestal virgin
virgin

Synonyms and antonyms of the Virgin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the Virgin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE VIRGIN

Find out the translation of the Virgin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the Virgin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the Virgin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

处女
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la Virgen
570 millions of speakers

English

the Virgin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वर्जिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العذراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дева
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Virgem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুমারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la Vierge
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perawan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Jungfrau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヴァージン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing Virgin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Đức Trinh Nữ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கன்னி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हर्जिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bakire
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la Vergine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Panna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Діва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fecioara
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η Virgin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die Virgin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Jungfru
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Jomfru
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the Virgin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE VIRGIN»

The term «the Virgin» is very widely used and occupies the 23.082 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE VIRGIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the Virgin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the Virgin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the Virgin

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8 QUOTES WITH «THE VIRGIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the Virgin.
1
Justin Baldoni
You're never safe in 'Jane the Virgin;' that's what I'll say. You're never safe on a telenovela, that's for darn sure, and you're never safe on 'Jane the Virgin.'
2
Peter Criss
There's not a day that goes by that I don't bless myself with holy water and then get in my car and rub the medal of the Virgin Mary that she gave me and say a Hail Mary for my mother. And then I kiss her Mass card that's right there on the dashboard.
3
Olympia Dukakis
When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary.
4
Olivia Hussey
I had played the Virgin Mary in 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I had done 'Juliet' at the age of 15. People said, 'Where do you go from playing Juliet and the Virgin Mary?' And I said, 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta.'
5
Bernard Katz
For as long as I care to remember, religion, like the striptease, has always been a display of the power of suggestion. Like the Virgin Birth, it has all too often supported an immaculate deception.
6
Margaret Smith
If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said 'No.'
7
Sister Souljah
I never said I was an angel. Nor am I innocent or holy like the Virgin Mary. What I am is natural and serious and as sensitive as an open nerve on an ice cube.
8
Lech Walesa
In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE VIRGIN»

Discover the use of the Virgin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the Virgin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Virgin Suicides: A Novel
This beautiful and sad first novel, recently adapted for a major motion picture, tells of a band of teenage sleuths who piece together the story of a twenty-year old family tragedy begun by the youngest daughter’s spectacular demise by ...
Jeffrey Eugenides, 1993
2
The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days
Argues that negative reactions to certain foods are to blame for such symptoms as weight gain, inflammation, and acne, and offers a diet tailored to avoid inflammatory foods.
JJ Virgin, 2012
3
The Virgin's Lover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) comes a riveting and scandalous love triangle between a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambition far exceeds his means, and the ...
Philippa Gregory, 2004
4
The Virgin Cure
I am Moth, a girl from the lowest part of Chrystie Street, born to a slum-house mystic and the man who broke her heart.' So begins THE VIRGIN CURE, a novel set in the tenements of lower Manhattan in 1871.
Ami McKay, 2012
5
The Virgin Queen: A Personal History of Elizabeth I
In this classic biography, Christopher Hibbert paints a compelling and evocative portrait.
Christopher Hibbert, 2010
6
The Virgin Blue: A Novel
As the novel unfolds—alternating between Ella's story and that of Isabelle du Moulin four hundred years earlier—a common thread emerges that unexpectedly links the two women.
Tracy Chevalier, 2003
7
Dancing with the Virgin: Body and Faith in the Fiesta of ...
This book -- at once personal and analytical -- explores, in vibrant detail and compelling depth, the capacity of movement to express the way that human beings experience their lives and identities.
Deidre Sklar, 2001
8
The Virgin and the Bride: Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity
This is nowhere more clear than in the ancient novel, where the mutual desire of hero and heroine is directed toward marriage and social renewal.
Kate Cooper, 1999
9
The Virgin Project: Real People Share Real Stories
All of the stories in this book are true. The names have been changed to protect privacy, and fictitious names were supplied by the people telling the stories, resulting in a few duplicate names.
‎2009
10
Virgin Birth of Christ
An important and encyclopaedic study of the Christian doctrine of the Virgin Birth by a leading evangelical scholar.
J. Gresham Machen, 1987

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE VIRGIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the Virgin is used in the context of the following news items.
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The CW Renews The Vampire Diaries and Jane the Virgin for Next …
The network picked up another round of Arrow (season 4) , Jane the Virgin (season 2), Reign (season 3), Supernatural (season 11), The 100 (season 3), The ... «TIME, Jan 15»
2
Co-pilot who died in Virgin Galactic crash hailed as 'renaissance man'
Pilot Mike Alsbury, who was killed in the Virgin SpaceShipTwo crash in the Mojave desert in California on Friday. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
3
Jane the Virgin series premiere recap: 'Pilot'
As the first comedy offering on The CW—a network whose primetime programming veers toward the supernatural, super sexy, and superhero—Jane The Virgin ... «Entertainment Weekly, Oct 14»
4
CW New Schedule: Artificial Insemination Comedy 'Jane the Virgin
The CW's 2014-15 schedule includes the artificial insemination comedy “Jane the Virgin” on Mondays and splits up the DC Comics superheroes “Flash” and ... «TheWrap, May 14»

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