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Meaning of virgin birth

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

virgin birth

noun

Definitions

  1. 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