[f. VIRGIN sb. + -HOOD.] The condition or state of a virgin; virginity.
1636. Davenant, Platonick Lovers, III. To live in sweet unskilfull virgin-hood, The Angels life, for they no sexes know.
1871. Browning, Balaust., 821. But thou, my girl, how will thy virginhood Conclude itself in marriage fittingly?
1874. Withrow, Catacombs of Rome (1877), 527. The abandonment of the lofty vantage ground of virginhood.
