·noun One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.
II. Virtue ·noun Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
III. Virtue ·noun Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
IV. Virtue ·noun A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, ·etc.
V. Virtue ·noun Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
VI. Virtue ·noun Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
VII. Virtue ·noun Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.
VIII. Virtue ·noun Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.