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Webster 1913 Edition


Chastity

Chas′ti-ty

,
Noun.
[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 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.