[ˈvəːtʃuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- behaviour showing high moral standards
(e.g: paragons of virtue)

- (in traditional Christian angelology) the seventh-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy


Phrases:
- by virtue of
- make a virtue of

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French vertu, from Latin virtus ‘valour, merit, moral perfection’, from vir ‘man’