virgins
Never been intimate
Virgins is the plural of virgin—people who have not had sexual intercourse.
The word carries weight in religious and cultural contexts where virginity is prized: The temple was tended by virgins.
It extends to inexperience generally: political virgins, stock market virgins.
As an adjective, virgin describes things untouched or unused: virgin soil, virgin forest, virgin olive oil.
Relating to Roman hearth goddess
- ArtemisGreek hunting goddess
- AthenaGreek wisdom deity
- DianaRoman hunting goddess
- VestaGoddess of hearth
priestess · oracle · sibyl · Amazons · Hippolyta · nymphs · temple · sacred
Abstaining from sex
- abstinentRefraining from pleasures
- chasteAbstaining from sexual activity
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- modestLacking in pretension
continent · purehearted · restrained · vow · maidenhead · deflowering · hymen · undefiled
Common feminine name
- MadonnaChrist's mother, or pop icon
- martyrVictim for beliefs
- saintCanonized holy person
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
convent · nun · veil · immaculate · intercession · apparition · devotion · sanctity
vestal
Relating to Roman hearth goddess
Vesta · priestess · oracle · sibyl · Amazons · Hippolyta · nymphs · temple · sacred · sworn
celibate
Abstaining from sex
- abstinentRefraining from pleasures
- chasteAbstaining from sexual activity
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
modest · continent · purehearted · restrained · vow · maidenhead · deflowering · hymen · undefiled · abstinence
Mary
Common feminine name
consecrated · convent · nun · veil · immaculate · intercession · apparition · devotion · sanctity · holiness
offering
Something presented or given
altar · appeasing · immolation · ceremony · rite · chosen · devoted · slain · sacred · temple
novice
Inexperienced newcomer to field
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
- uninitiatedLacking specialized knowledge
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
neophyte · greenhorn · rookie · first-timer · untried · untested · naive · innocent · sheltered · unworldly
- Orthodox saintsSaint Nicholas, Saint George, Saint Basil, Saint Peter, Saint Paul
- Early Christiansapostles, disciples, apostle, disciple, Paul
- holy womenabbesses, Saint Mary, Saint Anne, Saint Teresa, female saints
- sainthoodcanonization, saint, beatification, sainthood, patron saints
virginslibertines
Morally dissolute individuals
sluts · womanizers · rakes · philanderers · loose women
virginsfallen women
Women deemed sexually immoral
sophisticates · sinners · cynics · veterans · old hands
virginsused goods
Pre-owned items for sale
pre-owned · refurbished · hand-me-downs · well-worn · broken-in
- virgin forestForest never harvested
- U. S. Virgin IslandsAmerican Caribbean island territory
- losing virginityFirst act of intercourse
- Virgin MaryMother of Christ
- virgin oilUnprocessed plant fat
- virgin birthReproduction without fertilization