chastity

[ chas-ti-tee ]

/ ˈtʃæs tɪ ti /

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noun

the state or quality of being chaste.

Origin of chastity

1175–1225; Middle English chastite, variant of chastete < Old French < Latin castitāt- (stem of castitās), equivalent to cast(us) chaste + -itāt- -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM chastity

non·chas·ti·ty, noun

Words nearby chastity

chaste, chaste tree, chasten, chastise, chastisement, chastity, chastity belt, chasuble, chat, chat room, chat show

Example sentences from the Web for chastity

Okay, but still, “Homosexual persons are called to chastity.”

Catholic University’s Harvey Milk Ban Reflects A Church In Transition |Jay Michaelson |October 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
If women attend games he said, there could be no guarantees that hejab or chastity would be properly observed or respected.

Iran Won’t Let Women Watch The World Cup |IranWire |June 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
All of these individuals take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and live together in community.

A Prominent Jesuit Talks About the Order’s First Pope |Abby Haglage |March 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She appears to be, on the surface, a paragon of chastity and virtue.

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So Chaz—whether when he was a lesbian as Chastity or a man as Chaz—is fat.

Billy Sammeth, the Manager Fired by Cher and Joan Rivers, Tells His Side of the Story |Kevin Sessums |February 14, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The virtues of woman are these: chastity, regard for her own honour, and a modest manner of life.

The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere |Charles de Coster
From that time the bridegroom has leave to visit his bride, if he engages not to take away her chastity.

The History of Prostitution |William W. Sanger
Have a few short days sufficed to undo and render as naught the purity—the chastity of years?

The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 |George W. M. Reynolds
He terms the body "holy" when it is chaste, chastity being, in God's sight, equivalent to holiness.

Epistle Sermons, Vol. II |Martin Luther
On the contrary, chastity was a pre-eminent virtue of the samurai woman, held above life itself.

Bushido, the Soul of Japan |Inazo Nitob

British Dictionary definitions for chastity

chastity

/ (ˈtʃæstɪtɪ) /

noun

the state of being chaste; purity

abstention from sexual intercourse; virginity or celibacy a vow of chastity

Word Origin for chastity

C13: from Old French chasteté, from Latin castitās, from castus chaste

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