Definition of Chastety
Chas"ti*ty (?), n. [F.
chasteté, fr. L. castitas, fr.
castus. See Chaste.] 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 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The state of abstaining from sexual intercourse outside of marriage, avoidance of sexual sins.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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