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. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.
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