chastity
the state or quality of being chaste.
Origin of chastity
1Other words from chastity
- non·chas·ti·ty, noun
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How to use chastity in a sentence
He recognized that himself, keeping spreadsheets tracking his progress on mastering 13 virtues, such as chastity and humility.
Ken Burns' New Documentary Shows Benjamin Franklin in All His Contradictions | Craig Bruce Smith | April 4, 2022 | TimeAs Saint Augustine said, “God, give me chastity, but not yet.”
Most of the main characters practice chastity or nobly resist temptation, in between flowery love declarations and wholesome flirting.
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone is a muddled, joyless checklist of fantasy tropes | Constance Grady | April 23, 2021 | VoxOkay, but still, “Homosexual persons are called to chastity.”
Catholic University’s Harvey Milk Ban Reflects A Church In Transition | Jay Michaelson | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf 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.”
15 Revelations from New J.D. Salinger Biography | Andrew Romano | September 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom the modern chastity belt to a bag that disguises as a manhole, Soraya Roberts on the growing trend of protective fashion.
From the Anti-Rape Bra to Chastity Belts: How Women Use Clothing for Protection | Soraya Roberts | June 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThus seen, socialism appeared as the very antithesis of law and order, of love and chastity, and of religion itself.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockOne day, then, she realized that she was to have a child, and all that remained to her of chastity leaped for joy.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsThey who, having wives, wish to make a vow of chastity, shall wait four months before they decide.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Or she holds a lily in her right hand, to indicate her virginity and chastity, and the sweet odor of her virtues.
Mary, Help of Christians | VariousSt. Augustine says: "The fiercest of all combats is the one for the preservation of chastity, and we must engage in it every day."
Mary, Help of Christians | Various
British Dictionary definitions for chastity
/ (ˈtʃæstɪtɪ) /
the state of being chaste; purity
abstention from sexual intercourse; virginity or celibacy: a vow of chastity
Origin of chastity
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