chief virtue

collocation in English

meaningsofchiefandvirtue

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chief
adjective[before noun]
uk
/tʃiːf/us
/tʃiːf/
most important ...
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virtue
noun
uk
/ˈvɜː.tʃuː/us
/ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being ...
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(Definition ofchiefandvirtuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchief virtue

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This, indeed, is thechiefvirtueof the book under review.
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Thechiefvirtueof this book is both its extraordinary range and the clarity of exposition.
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This received text was and is a good one, but itschiefvirtuehas been its stability.
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And is it not thechiefvirtueof a theory that it unifies into a coherent explanation the phenomena of which it purports to be an account?
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It is itschiefvirtue.
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I wish to make the observation that the weight of the invitation to tender document is probably itschiefvirtue.
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Joseph's charter prescribed a monk'schiefvirtueas absolute obedience to his abbot.
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Its chief virtues were its usefulness, respectability and intelligence, and it sought no longer to defend the lower classes but to bring about their moral correction.
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I believe that one of the chief virtues of the independent sector of education is that it provides parents with the widest possible variety of choice.
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Her chief virtues were "frugalitas, severitas" and "fidelis" frugality, sternness, and faithfulness.
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