SUPERNATURAL VIRTUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supernatural virtue mean? 

• SUPERNATURAL VIRTUE (noun)
  The noun SUPERNATURAL VIRTUE has 1 sense:

1. according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues

  Familiarity information: SUPERNATURAL VIRTUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERNATURAL VIRTUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

According to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

supernatural virtue; theological virtue

Hypernyms ("supernatural virtue" is a kind of...):

cardinal virtue (one of the seven preeminent virtues)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supernatural virtue"):

brotherly love; charity (a kindly and lenient attitude toward people)

hope (one of the three Christian virtues)

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)