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The word 'virtue' comes from the Latin word 'Virtus', meaning "manliness, excellence, character, worth, courage".
Noah Webster tells us that 'Virtue' is,
"Moral goodness; the practice of moral duties and the abstaining from vice, or a conformity of life and conversation to the moral law. In this sense, virtue may be, and in many instances must be, distinguished from religion. The practice of moral duties merely from motives of convenience, or from compulsion, or from regard to reputation, is Virtue, as distinct from religion. The practice of moral duties from sincere love to God and His laws, is Virtue and Religion.
Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language