Christian Church (chiefly Roman Catholic Church). Applied to the Virgin Mary, whose authority and pre-eminence are conceived as comparable to those…

Applied to a female whose authority or pre-eminence is comparable to that of a queen. The Virgin Mary. Frequently in Queen of glory, Queen of grace…

The mother of Jesus. Cf. virgin, n. adj..

= Mary, n.1 1a.

figurative and in figurative contexts. A person or thing likened to a star, esp. one considered as a source of inspiration or enlightenment.

Christian Church (chiefly Roman Catholic Church). The Virgin Mary.

Often used, in religious or devotional language, of Christ, the Virgin, etc. Obsolete.

A virgin; spec. the Virgin Mary (see also maiden Mary n. at compounds 1b). (Not always clearly distinguishable from senses A. 1a A. 3.) Cf. maid, n.1…

A virgin; spec. the Virgin Mary (†maid Mary); = maiden, n. 2a. (Not always distinguishable from senses 2a and 3.) Now archaic and regional.

The Queen of heaven; spec. a title of the Virgin Mary. Cf. Queen of heaven at queen, n. 6a.

Christian Church (esp. Roman Catholic Church). Frequently with capital initial. The Virgin Mary. As the mother of the Church and of Christians…

the Virgin Mary.

(a title given to) the Virgin Mary; cf. Stella Maris, n. sea-star, n. 1.

A female advocate; spec. (Christian Church) the Virgin Mary (cf. advocate, n. 1).

the Virgin Mary.

The condition of being or remaining in a state of chastity; abstinence from or avoidance of all sexual… Of women. Also in phrases flower, gem,etc., of…

the Virgin (also the blessed, holy,etc., Virgin), = sense A. 4.

= mediatrix, n.

In devotional use: the Virgin Mary (when addressed by men, including Jesus); Jesus Christ (when addressed by women). Also occasionally: God. Obsolete.

One who salves or heals; applied to Christ or the Virgin Mary.

A female advocate; spec. (Christian Church) the Virgin Mary (cf. advocate, n. 1).

Christian Church (esp. Roman Catholic Church). Frequently with capital initial. The Virgin Mary. As the mother of Jesus; esp. in Mother of God.

way of indulgence: the Virgin Mary as a path to or means of divine forgiveness, pardon, or mercy. Obsolete.

A female advocate. In early use spec. (Christian Church): the Virgin Mary (cf. advocate, n. 1).

= mother-maid n.

The Virgin Mary. Obsolete. rare.

A female mediator.

The Virgin.

A woman who directs or sets right a person or thing; a female addresser.

figurative.

A rose (in quot. 1513 as a title for the Virgin Mary).

A female saviour.

A female saviour.

= mediatrix, n. Also in extended use.

A female advocate; = advocatess, n.

As a title of the Virgin Mary: Mother of Christ.

A title of the Virgin Mary, ‘Mother of God’.

Virgin Mary.

The Virgin Mary. Usually with the.

the Virgin Mother, the Virgin Mary.

The All-holy (as a title of the Virgin Mary). Also: an image or representation of the Virgin Mary.

The Virgin Mary regarded in her role as a mother sorrowing for the death of Jesus; a representation of this in art or sculpture. Hence also: a…

The Blessed Virgin Mary.

A female dispenser.

A title of the Virgin Mary as ‘Mother of God’; = Deipara, n.

= dispensatrix, n. (In recent dictionaries.)