Blessed Virgin Mary

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin Beāta Virgō Marīa.

Proper noun

(the) Blessed Virgin Mary

  1. (Christianity) Synonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”).
    Synonym: Blessed Virgin
    • 2020 March 3, Mary Norris, “Utility Worker No. 6691 on Life Inside a Steel Mill”, in The New York Times‎:
      “Rust” has elements of Tara Westover’s “Educated,” but Goldbach’s background is not as extreme. She went to Catholic schools and asked the Blessed Virgin Mary for a sign that she should become a nun.
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