the Virgin Mary

noun

: the mother of Jesus Christ

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Outside of the Lopez home was a life-sized altar to a Mexican version of the Virgin Mary, but Alex Lopez was focused on grabbing the essential items that his family would need. Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025 In this début novel, a former history professor in Mumbai encounters a mother and her sick baby at a shrine of the Virgin Mary in 1978—a chance meeting that binds the two families together for nearly thirty years. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025 This is where religious symbols such as crosses, crucifixes, images of saints or the Virgin Mary, are placed. Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025 Other reliquaries purported to hold strands from the Virgin Mary and even Jesus himself. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025 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 28 Oct. 2025.

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