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chastity
[ chas-ti-tee ]
chastity
/ ˈtʃæstɪtɪ /
noun
- the state of being chaste; purity
- abstention from sexual intercourse; virginity or celibacy
a vow of chastity
Other Words From
- non·chasti·ty noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chastity1
Example Sentences
Okay, but still, “Homosexual persons are called to chastity.”
If women attend games he said, there could be no guarantees that hejab or chastity would be properly observed or respected.
In other words, pledging chastity in the past is strongly associated with a virgin birth.
They also claim that it inspired him to “embrac[e] Eastern religions that endorsed chastity.”
From the modern chastity belt to a bag that disguises as a manhole, Soraya Roberts on the growing trend of protective fashion.
Thus seen, socialism appeared as the very antithesis of law and order, of love and chastity, and of religion itself.
One day, then, she realized that she was to have a child, and all that remained to her of chastity leaped for joy.
They who, having wives, wish to make a vow of chastity, shall wait four months before they decide.
Or she holds a lily in her right hand, to indicate her virginity and chastity, and the sweet odor of her virtues.
St. Augustine says: "The fiercest of all combats is the one for the preservation of chastity, and we must engage in it every day."
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