Personal property, possessions; esp. movable property. Cf. chattel, n. 4. In plural with plural agreement.

Excellence of character, virtue; (as a count noun) an excellent trait, a virtue.

A good quality; a merit, a virtue.

A virtue. Obsolete.

As an attribute of impersonal agents: power, efficacy, virtue. Also, a specific virtue, quality, or characteristic. Cf. sense 3d. Obsolete.

Without qualification: A good quality or habit; a virtue; courteous or gracious action. Obsolete.

As a count noun. A moral quality regarded (esp. in religious contexts) as good or desirable in a person, such as patience, kindness, etc.; a…

In a person: virtue, goodness; sense of duty and propriety; (also) an instance of this; a virtue (with any implication of divine origin weakened or…