manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.-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.-energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.-excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.-specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.-a particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.-specifically: chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.-one of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.