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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
virgin birth
noun
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▪ Again the virgin birth, in view of what we now know of human reproduction, has become highly suspect for people.
▪ If we are truthful we may admit that we find the ideas of the virgin birth or the resurrection incredulous.
▪ In the absence of divine intervention, virgin birth for mammals is not an option.
▪ It can not be proved that the virgin birth did not happen.
▪ The angel's answer is part of the foundation of the teaching about the virgin birth.
▪ There is no knowledge of the idea of the virgin birth in the Church before the Gospels were written.
Wiktionary
virgin birth

n. 1 (context biology English) A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis 2 A form of childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination 3 (''often capitalized and used absolutely: '''the Virgin Birth''''') In Christian theology, the miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary

WordNet
virgin birth

  1. n. human conception without fertilization by a man [syn: parthenogenesis, parthenogeny]

  2. 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 [syn: Nativity]

Wikipedia
Virgin birth

A virgin birth can refer to:

  • Parthenogenesis, birth without fertilization
  • Miraculous births, virgin birth in mythology and religion
    • Virgin birth of Jesus
  • Artificial insemination
  • Russell case (1920s)

Usage examples of "virgin birth".

For the first time Morgaine wondered how miraculous had that virgin birth been after all?

Most of the cops were highly skeptical and cynical of the so-called virgin birth.

But I did this in order that, first of all, from the time when the promises of God began to be more clear, down to the virgin birth of Him in whom those things promised from the first were to be fulfilled, the course of that city which is God’.

As the only alternative was virgin birth and I didn't accept that even for the Blessed Mary, my desire to know the truth became irrepressible.

The problem meets us in its acutest form in connexion with the Christian dogma of the virgin birth.

The virgin birth features in several cultures and traditionally a candle (or other flame) is left burning all night on this longest of nights, to persuade the newborn Sun to rise again on Christmas Eve to light Mary on her way.

But of course there is nothing to show that he had heard the story of the virgin birth.

It was easier to believe in virgin birth and transubstantiation and resurrection and Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

There are myths and legends of the Virgin Birth, of Incarnations, Deaths and Resurrections.