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The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
Examples of chastity in a Sentence
In honoring her beliefs regarding chastity – even when he didn't agree, he had expressed his respect for her.
In Virgil, Juturna appears as the sister of Turnus (probably owing to the partial similarity of the names), on whom Jupiter, to console her for the loss of her chastity, bestowed immortality and the control of all the lakes and rivers of Latium.
The vestals were vowed to, chastity, lived together in a great nunnery, were forbidden to open or enter a tavern, and together with other votaries had many privileges.
They preserved an absolute chastity and abstained from wine and meat.
His main emphasis is laid on chastity and the resurrection of the flesh.
Thus female chastity and fidelity, necessary for a stable marriage, require male chastity and fidelity too.
A more important work is The Book of Chastity, by Isho`denah, who according to `Abadisho` was bishop of Kasrabut read Basra - about the end of the 8th century.
All had to live in absolute poverty, chastity and idleness.
In honoring her beliefs regarding chastity – even when he didn't agree, he had expressed his respect for her.
Loyalty and good faith became the characteristics of the men, and chastity and docility those of the women.
Such an one, indeed, is the creation of spotless chastity.
Unlike female chastity belts, the development of the male chastity belts, the development of the male chastity belt or device has been much easier to follow.
Hetherington, and which he justified on the singular ground that "the vast bulk of the population believe that morality depends entirely on revelation; and if a doubt could be raised among them that the ten commandments were given by God from Mount Sinai, men would think they were at liberty to steal, and women would consider themselves absolved from the restraints of chastity."
This Rule was widely adopted by the canons regular, who also began to bind themselves by the vows of poverty, obedience and chastity.
Truculent pamphieteers like Simon Fish, who wrote Beggars Supplication, were already demanding that these sturdy boobies should be set abroad into the world, to get wives of their own, and earn their living by the sweat of their brows, according to the commandment of God; so might the king be better obeyed, matrimony be better kept, the gospel better preached, and none should rob the poor of his alms. It must be added that monastic scandals were not rare; though the majority of the houses were decently ordered, yet the unexceptionable testimony of archiepiscopal and episcopal visitations shows that in the years just before the Reformation there was a certain number of them where chastity of life and honesty of administration were equally unknown.
The same may be said of the stricter regulation which Christianity enforced on the relations of the sexes; except so far as the prohibition of divorce is concerned, and the stress laid on " purity of heart " as contrasted with merely outward chastity.
There was the yellow movement of a flashlight much too close and Dean sat bolt upright, a frantic vision of Bob from Boise, or Hal the creep, or someone ready to avenge the chastity of a wife or sister.
In Rome, Greece and Britain, the Hawthorn becomes a tree of enforced chastity.
The government, under pressure from international donors and groups, has refused to promote chastity and fidelity to save the future.
The shorts were pragmatic for a warrior who needs ease of movement, but also symbolized chastity, another aspect reminiscent of ascetic celibacy.
They vowed perpetual chastity and poverty, believing the poor were the Lord's favorites.
The Veil Originally worn by brides in Roman times, it was later adopted in Britain as it was thought to signify chastity.
The development of eunuchs and their power in Byzantium originated in the Emperor's and the Roman aristocracy's attachment to female chastity.
Take for example the question of feminine chastity, which is a matter of social significance.
All these evils, Alhamdulillah, we are saved from by virtue of our upholding the Islamic ideals of sexual chastity and purity.
For more information about male chastity we recommend you visit the UK's first non-commercial chastity website Chastity UK.
We appreciate your constant encouragement and your steadfast upholding of the value of celibate chastity as normative for the ordained priesthood.
The loops which pass through the padlock of your chastity device are fashioned with brass ferrules and are non corrosive.
The white ermine is meant to be symbolic of chastity.
Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
Within an arcosolium is a tablet set up by " Aurelius Ampliatus and his son Gordian, to Aurelia Bonifatia, his incomparable wife, a woman of true chastity, who lived 25 years, 2 months, 4 days, and 2 hours."
His intense practical-mindedness drew him away from religion, but drove him to a morality of his own (the " art of virtue," he called it), based on thirteen virtues each accompanied by a short precept; the virtues were Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry, Sincerity, Justice, Moderation, Cleanliness, Tranquility, Chastity and Humility, the precept accompanying the last-named virtue being " Imitate Jesus and Socrates."
Mutilations, such as circumcision, violation of chastity in the case of maidens hallowed to certain gods, ritual cutting of hair and nails, and their deposition in a sanctuary, rather belong to the category of sacrifice, as also the burial of a living victim under the foundations of a new building or bridge '(see' Sacrifice).
The philosophers and encyclopaedists who, by the mouth of Diderot, complimented Catherine on being superior to such female affectations as modesty and chastity, flattered her to some extent even here.
On the other hand, at his deprivation he was not accused, like the other married bishops who had been monks or friars, of infidelity to the vow of chastity; and his own letters to Bullinger are curiously reticent on this part of his history.
He accepted Cecilia 's faith and both swore a vow of chastity.
Sonny and Cher daughter Chastity Bono, who lost 24 pounds.
Many are saying that Chastity Bono changing genders comes as no surprise.
What is a shocking, but surprising little detail is that word on the street is that she and her mom Cher were originally shopping around Chastity's long and painful journey to manhood for a reality TV show.
Either way, most are happy for Chastity and wish him the best.
Yes, that isn't a typo, "him" is how reps are referring to Chastity.
Purity rings offer a tangible reminder for men wanting to keep a vow of chastity.
One of the most popular Christian rings for men today is the crucifix chastity ring, reminding men of their savior and his love for them.
Another ring offered at that site is called the Jesus, Mary and Joseph Chastity ring and is a simple silver or gold band with the letters JMJ in the center.
Many men are also wearing chastity rings to signify their intention to wait on a physical relationship.
A white lily symbolizes chastity or purity.
Some of the more unusual fetishes include chastity belts, fire play, and a fondness for boots or shoes.
Choosing matching promise rings is a symbolic way for a couple to show off the promise they share, whether it is a promise of a future relationship to one another or if it is a shared commitment to chastity or Christian purity.
Her parents (Josie Bissett of Melrose Place and John Schneider of Smallville and The Dukes of Hazard) give her a promise ring when she makes a vow of chastity until marriage.
Lucy Pargeter as Chastity Dingle, who made her first appearance as a stripper (dressed as a nun) and whose penchant for revealing outfits has made quite popular.