virtues

n. goodness; uprightness, integrity; morality (especially in sexual conduct); good quality

Virtue (Latin virtus; Greek ) is moral excellence of a person. A virtue is a trait valued as being good. The conceptual opposite of virtue is vice.According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage. Taken in its widest sense virtue means the excellence of perfection of a thing, just as vice, its contrary, denotes a defect or absence of perfection due to a thing. In its strictest meaning, however, as used by moral philosophers and theologians, virtue is an operative habit essentially good, as distinguished from vice, an operative habit essentially evil. The four cardinal (hinge) virtues are Justice, Courage, Wisdom, and Moderation. These were enumerated by the Greek philosophers. The three supernatural virtues of Faith, Hope and (unselfish) Love are part of the tradition of Pauline Christianity and Judaism. Both the natural and supernatural virtues depend on a person's understanding that truth can be discovered. Modernist views are at odds with this idea.
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Noun
1. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
(synonym) virtuousness, moral excellence
(hypernym) good, goodness
2. any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
(synonym) merit
(hypernym) worth
3. morality with respect to sexual relations
(synonym) chastity, sexual morality
(hypernym) morality
(hyponym) honor, honour, purity
(attribute) chaste
4. a particular moral excellence
(hypernym) good, goodness
(hyponym) cardinal virtue

[Judaic] Members of the one of nine orders of angels in medieval angelology. They are the fifth in the hierarchy, and are in charge of making miracles. Also called the 'Brilliant Ones' or the 'Shining Ones'.

Virtues One degree in the celestial hierarchy of Dionysius the pseudo-Areopagite, whose doctrines, arising about the 4th or 5th century, have exercised a great influence on Christian thought. He divides the heavenly host into three triads: Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones; Dominations, Virtues, Powers; Principalities, Archangels, Angels. As a hierarchy of emanating powers, this system is allied to, and in large part derivative from, Neoplatonic teachings of the time, as well as having strong elements of Pythagorean thought. The Virtues correspond to the planet Mars, according to the hierarchical scheme of the Syrians. See also ANGELOLOGY