From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe Virgin Marythe Virgin Mary (also the (Blessed) Virgin) Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ → virgin
Examples from the Corpus
the Virgin Mary• Lady Richelda is believed to have been told by the Virgin Mary to build a replica of her house in Nazareth.• In the winter of 1531, Juan Diego was walking on a hillside where he was visited by the Virgin Mary.• He claimed he had not heard of the Virgin Mary either.• A portrait of the Virgin Mary looms behind him like a heavenly guardian.• Then she saw Sophia go over to the statue of the Virgin Mary.• One of them, Joseph Kibweteere, announced that the Virgin Mary had appeared before him in a vision.• Pentecostals do not say prayers to the Virgin Mary. 