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Webster 1913 Edition
Chastity
1.
The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
She . . . hath preserved her spotless
chastity
. T. Carew.
2.
Moral purity.
So dear to heaven is saintly
That, when a soul is found sicerely so
A thousand liveried angels lackey her.
chastity
,That, when a soul is found sicerely so
A thousand liveried angels lackey her.
Milton.
3.
The unmarried life; celibacy.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
4.
(Literature & Art)
Chasteness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chastity
CHASTITY
, n.1.
Purity of the body; freedom from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Before marriage, purity from all commerce of sexes; after marriage, fidelity to the marriage bed.2.
Freedom from obscenity, as in language or conversation.3.
Freedom from bad mixture; purity in words and phrases.4.
Purity; unadulterated state; as the chastity of the gospel.Definition 2024
Chastity
Chastity
See also: chastity
English
Proper noun
Chastity
- (rare) A female given name from the virtue chastity.
- 1990 Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso, The Real Frank Zappa Book, Simon&Schuster, ISBN 0671705725, page 247:
- Since she was saddled with that awful name, Chastity Bono has given her parents much grief over it. "It helps to get into a show or something, but most of the time it's a pain," she told McCall's. The girl blames mama Cher who was inspired by a movie.
- 1990 Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso, The Real Frank Zappa Book, Simon&Schuster, ISBN 0671705725, page 247:
chastity
chastity
See also: Chastity
English
Noun
chastity (plural chastities)
- The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins; moral purity.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
abstaining from sexual intercourse outside of marriage
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References
- chastity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913