virgin birth

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virgin birth¹

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noun virgin births · Virgin Birth · Virgin birth

  1. countable, uncountable A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
  2. countable, uncountable (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
  3. countable, uncountable Any similar birth of a deity. At the moment then when Sirius, the star from the East, by coming to the Meridian at midnight signalled the Sun's new birth, the Virgin was seen just rising on the Eastern sky - the horizon line passing through her centre. And many people think that this astronomical fact is the explanation of the v
  4. 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.
  5. countable, uncountable Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.

Virgin Birth²

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth

Virgin birth³

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth

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noun the birth of Christ

日本語処女懐胎 shojo kaitai
DeutschJungfrauengeburt

noun birth in a virginal mother; parthenogenesis

日本語処女懐胎 shojo kaitai
DeutschJungfernzeugung, Jungferngeburt

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@misc{virgin_birth_2026,
  title = {virgin birth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/virgin%20birth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}