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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">virgin birth</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>immaculate conception</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>parthenogenesis</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>doctrinal concepts</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>births</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>birth, virgin</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>virgin-birth</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Doctrinal concept in several mythologies and religion, by which a hero or deity was miraculously conceived by a woman still a virgin. An example is in Christianity, where Christ is believed to have been born of the Virgin Mary. For a natural form of asexual reproduction in in plants and animals, see "parthenogenesis." ]]></note></mads>