Dictionary entry

Chastity

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. Chaucer.

4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.