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as in purity
the quality or state of being morally pure
a saint who is often held up as a model of chastity
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as in celibacy
abstention from sexual intercourse
vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
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Vatican decrees On Tuesday, the Vatican issued several decrees upholding Olson’s decision to investigate Gerlach, who was accused of breaking her chastity vow with a priest from North Carolina.
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2024
India’s changing social fabric—influenced first by the spread of Western education and Victorian morality during British rule, and later by Hindu reformist values of chastity—saw a decline in the courtesans’ status in society.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 2 May 2024
In August 2023, the nuns rejected the bishop’s authority in a dispute over his investigation into reports their prioress, the Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, broke her chastity vow with a priest.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024
Roman centurion Lucius Verginius killed his daughter to protect her chastity from an abuser, Appius Claudius.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2024
India’s changing social fabric—influenced first by the spread of Western education and Victorian morality during British rule, and later by Hindu reformist values of chastity—saw a decline in the courtesans’ status in society.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 2 May 2024
In August 2023, the nuns rejected the bishop’s authority in a dispute over his investigation into reports their prioress, the Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, broke her chastity vow with a priest.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024
Roman centurion Lucius Verginius killed his daughter to protect her chastity from an abuser, Appius Claudius.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Chastity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chastity. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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