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VIRGINS, CONSECRATION OF
Solemn dedication of a woman to lifetime virginity. The practice goew back to apostolic times, with a formal rite for the consecration dating from about the year 500. In 1970, Poep Paul VI revised the ritual by which women consecrate their virginity "to Christs and their brethren" without becoming members of a religious institute.
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