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Virginal, adj. Also: virginale, -all, -iall, -eall. [ME and e.m.E. vyrgynall (15th c), virginal (c1411), vyrgynal (Caxton), virgineall (1592), OF virginal, L. virgināl-.] a. Of (part of) the body: Of pertaining or appropriate to a virgin or virginity, pure. Chiefly, with reference to the Virgin Mary or Christ. Also, transf., pure in nature or essence. b. Of an action or quality: Characteristic of a virgin. c. Applied to the Virgin Mary.a. 1490 Irland Mir. I 5/21.
Quhen it plesit His hie maieste of His mercy and grace to discend in the virginale hall and chaumere of the virgin glorius for oure redempcioune 1490 Irland Mir. I 150/3.
The hie God of maieste … assumyt neuir the nature angelic, bot oure nature He assumyt of the haly virginale body of this lady 1490 Irland Mir. III 72/17.
The haly frute of the wame virginal of the haly lady and blist moder of Jhesu c1500 Makc. MS iv 39.
Thi cors one fors thow bure with cure & het Thi tendir hid & flech virginiall Were for wrocht in wattir, blud & suet 1513 Doug. x Prol. 129.
Blissyt be thou virginal frute, that hereit hell And pait the pryce of the forbodin tre! c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus i 915.
[The] ladie … [Cam] to Venus in hir best apparrall With countinance and facts virginalltransf. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 491.
Fresche ladyis sang in voice virgineall Concordis sweit, diuers entoned reportisb. 1490 Irland Mir. I 15/30.
A buk I maid of the concepcioune virginal of the lady moder of Jhesu 1490 Irland Mir. I 130/27.
Jhesus was the nobile and precius flour of the virginale chastite c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) lxxxvi 1.
Rois Mary most of vertew virginall Arundel MS 280/30.
I beseik thé, O maist pietuous virgin Mary, be the vntellabill ioyis of thy virginall and maist marvalus consaving and bering a1568 Wedderburn in Bann. MS 288b/116.
Na persone can expreme defyne nor tell The godly vertew virginiall For the devyne theologgis vniuersall And auld awttouris of maist excellent gre Aboif all giftis thay preffer chestitiec. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 7/79.
Bricht ball cristall, ros virginall, Fulfillit of angell fude