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[ chas-ti-tee ] / ˈtʃæs tɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR chastity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state or quality of being chaste. Origin of chastity1175–1225; Middle English chastite, variant of chastete<Old French <Latin castitāt- (stem of castitās), equivalent to cast( us) chaste + -itāt--ity OTHER WORDS FROM chastitynon·chas·ti·ty, nounWords nearby chastitychaste, chasten, chaste tree, chastise, chastisement, chastity, chastity belt, chasuble, chat, chatbot, château Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chastityOkay, 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. Taylor Swift Is Badass and So Is Her Record-Breaking Album, ‘Red’|Marlow Stern|November 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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
nounthe state of being chaste; purity abstention from sexual intercourse; virginity or celibacya vow of chastity Word Origin for chastityC13: from Old French chasteté, from Latin castitās, from castus chaste Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to chastityvirginity, abstinence, decency, monogamy, modesty, demureness, temperance, abstemiousness, continence, singleness, restraint, uprightness, virtue, innocence, cleanness, integrity, honor, devotion, morality, chasteness |