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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vir·tu n.  A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.
 An article of virtu, or a piece of virtu, , an object of art or antiquity; a curiosity, such as those found in museums or private collections.
 I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view,
 To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtù.   --Goldsmith.
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