Meanings
nounseven virtues pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyCatholicismThe seven heavenly virtues: the three theological and four cardinal virtues.
- pluralplural onlyCatholicismThe seven capital virtues; the virtues that are opposed to, or are remedies of, the seven deadly sins.
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Translations
Arabic سَبْع فَضَائِل سَمَاوِيَّة
- سَبْع فَضَائِل سَمَاوِيَّة (sabʕ faḍāʔil samāwiyya)seven heavenly virtues
Chinese Mandarin 七美德
- 七美德 (qī měidé)seven heavenly virtues
Dutch zeven deugden
- zeven deugdenseven heavenly virtues
Finnish seitsemän hyvettä
- seitsemän hyvettäseven heavenly virtues
French sept vertus
- sept vertusseven heavenly virtues
German sieben Tugenden
- sieben Tugendenseven heavenly virtues
Japanese 七つの美徳, 七元徳
- 七つの美徳 (nanatsu no bitoku)seven heavenly virtues
- 七元徳 (shichi gentoku)seven heavenly virtues
Portuguese sete virtudes
- sete virtudesseven heavenly virtues
Russian семь доброде́телей
- семь доброде́телей (semʹ dobrodételej)seven heavenly virtues
Scottish Gaelic seachd deagh-bheusan
- seachd deagh-bheusanseven heavenly virtues
Spanish siete virtudes
- siete virtudesseven heavenly virtues
Swedish de sju dygderna
- de sju dygdernaseven heavenly virtues
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APA
seven virtues. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seven%20virtues
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“seven virtues.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seven%20virtues. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seven virtues,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seven%20virtues.
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