It means pure, who has not known a man, chaste. That you have not had sexual intercourse (valid for both genders). That has not been touched, referring to land that has not been tilled or worked. Epithet by which Mary Most Holy, Mother of Jesus and of many holy women and martyrs of the Church, is known. Jungle where man has not arrived. Uncarded wool.
It is said of a young woman that she has not yet had a sexual intercourse. Extending the concept, it also applies to the male in the same circumstance, to the unmarried or newlywed woman, to the female cattle that have not yet been served. From the Latin virgo, onis ("virgin"). 2º_ By the above, that which has not yet been released, that which has not been put to use, such as the 'virgin land' ("untilled"). 3º_ By an interpretation of the first meaning, "pure, without additions or subsequent treatments". For Catholicism, 'Virgin' is an epithet for St. Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, and for her icons.
