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virtues

/ -tʃuːz; ˈvɜːtjuːz /

plural noun

often capital the fifth of the nine orders into which the angels are traditionally divided in medieval angelology

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"There are three virtues that the world still needs - faith, hope and love. And the greatest of these is love," said the King's message.

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The Vatican has put Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí on the path to sainthood in recognition of his "heroic virtues".

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The virtues of soup have never eluded me.

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The left suddenly rediscovered the virtues of campus free speech amidst the Gaza protests of the last academic year – at precisely the moment the right suddenly sought to curtail it.

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The poet Octavio Paz was just one of many to extol the plant’s virtues, saying, “the invention of corn by Mexicans is only comparable to man’s invention of fire.”

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