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单词 chastity
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Definition of chastity in English:

chastity

noun ˈtʃastɪtiˈtʃæstədi
mass noun
  • The state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse.

    (对婚姻的)忠贞;贞洁(尤指禁欲)

    vows of chastity

    保持贞洁的誓约。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The authors also fail to understand that for Jesuits chastity is a way of relating to God, not just to other people.
    • Imagine a particularly ascetic monastic order, whose rule not only enjoins chastity, but forbids sexual desire.
    • Religion is an intensely personal matter and is as sacrosanct as chastity.
    • During that period, a woman was more concerned with preserving her chastity than with saving her life.
    • We have certain core issues we lobby on, including the sanctity of innocent human life, chastity, marriage and the traditional family.
    • What he counsels as the proper Christian behavior for them is chastity.
    • Male and female members of religious orders took a vow of chastity and ordained priests were obligated to celibacy.
    • It is mystical and ascetic, with the sisters observing vows of poverty, chastity and silence.
    • During that time she has had immense difficulty with her vows of chastity and obedience.
    • Mr Cousins sees in this the disorderly, self-defeating aspects of both sexual desire and chastity.
    • In 1534 they all swore an oath of poverty, chastity and obedience to the pope.
    • For the early Christian writers the tree has even become the symbol of chastity.
    • Programs are screened for scenes that contradict the codes of sexual chastity and religious observance.
    • In spite of being single and professing the vow of chastity as a nun, I sometimes feel this way.
    • When Christianity took over, the veil was changed to represent chastity and modesty.
    • Horrified and overcome by guilt, Kate prays constantly for forgiveness and chastity.
    • For example, some groups stressed premarital chastity more than others did.
    • Girls are expected to display a number of feminine virtues, particularly modesty and chastity.
    • You owe him civil behavior, consideration, and decorum, not a vow of chastity.
    • The biblical virtues of modesty, chivalry, chastity and fidelity are ignored.
    Synonyms
    celibacy, chasteness, virginity, abstinence, self-restraint, self-denial
    singleness, maidenhood, the unmarried state
    innocence, purity, virtue, goodness, decency, morality, decorum, modesty, wholesomeness
    Christianity immaculateness
    rare continence

Origin

Middle English: from Old French chastete, from Latin castitas, from castus 'morally pure' (see chaste).

Definition of chastity in US English:

chastity

nounˈtʃæstədiˈCHastədē
  • The state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse.

    (对婚姻的)忠贞;贞洁(尤指禁欲)

    vows of chastity

    保持贞洁的誓约。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Imagine a particularly ascetic monastic order, whose rule not only enjoins chastity, but forbids sexual desire.
    • You owe him civil behavior, consideration, and decorum, not a vow of chastity.
    • In 1534 they all swore an oath of poverty, chastity and obedience to the pope.
    • We have certain core issues we lobby on, including the sanctity of innocent human life, chastity, marriage and the traditional family.
    • Girls are expected to display a number of feminine virtues, particularly modesty and chastity.
    • Mr Cousins sees in this the disorderly, self-defeating aspects of both sexual desire and chastity.
    • During that time she has had immense difficulty with her vows of chastity and obedience.
    • It is mystical and ascetic, with the sisters observing vows of poverty, chastity and silence.
    • Programs are screened for scenes that contradict the codes of sexual chastity and religious observance.
    • Male and female members of religious orders took a vow of chastity and ordained priests were obligated to celibacy.
    • The authors also fail to understand that for Jesuits chastity is a way of relating to God, not just to other people.
    • Horrified and overcome by guilt, Kate prays constantly for forgiveness and chastity.
    • For example, some groups stressed premarital chastity more than others did.
    • In spite of being single and professing the vow of chastity as a nun, I sometimes feel this way.
    • When Christianity took over, the veil was changed to represent chastity and modesty.
    • What he counsels as the proper Christian behavior for them is chastity.
    • For the early Christian writers the tree has even become the symbol of chastity.
    • During that period, a woman was more concerned with preserving her chastity than with saving her life.
    • Religion is an intensely personal matter and is as sacrosanct as chastity.
    • The biblical virtues of modesty, chivalry, chastity and fidelity are ignored.
    Synonyms
    celibacy, chasteness, virginity, abstinence, self-restraint, self-denial

Origin

Middle English: from Old French chastete, from Latin castitas, from castus ‘morally pure’ (see chaste).

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