English Dictionary
Definition of “chastity”
chastity (ˈtʃæstɪtɪ
)
Definitions
noun
- the state of being chaste; purity
- abstention from sexual intercourse; virginity or celibacy ⇒
a vow of chastity
Word Origin
C13: from Old French chasteté, from Latin castitās, from castuschaste
Quotations
"Give me chastity and continence, but not just now"
St. Augustine of Hippo"chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions"
Aldous Huxley"I'd the upbringing a nun would envy...Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body"
Joe Orton"The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal"
Dietrich Bonhoeffer"'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;She that has that, is clad in complete steel"
John Milton
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