the Virgin Mary

noun

: the mother of Jesus Christ

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As the 14-year-old child of a poor family in 1858, Saint Bernadette experienced numerous apparitions of a young woman in a cave or grotto, seemingly the Virgin Mary, asking for a chapel to be built on the site. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026 Our Lady, a revered apparition of the Virgin Mary, asked why Flores-Gomez had stopped singing to her. Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 20 Feb. 2026 The bold colors and the imagery − from indigenous symbols such as the Aztec calendar, pyramids, deity Quetzalcoatl and Olmec colossal heads to depictions of the Virgin Mary, Emiliano Zapata, Cesar Chavez and migrant fieldworkers − captivated him. Andrés Soto, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026 The House of the Virgin Mary is a popular site of Christian pilgrimage on the slopes of Mount Koressos, about three miles from the archaeological site. Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Virgin Mary

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“The Virgin Mary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Virgin%20Mary. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.

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