See also: chastè

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From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (morally pure), from Latin castus (pure).

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chaste (comparative chaster, superlative chastest)

  1. Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
  2. Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.
  3. Austere, simple, undecorative.
    a chaste style in composition or art
  4. Decent, modest, morally pure.
    a chaste mind;  chaste eyes

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Married couples are often exhorted to have “chaste sex” – compare the Vatican encyclical Casti Connubii (Of Chaste Wedlock).

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Inherited from Old French chaste, caste, a semi-learned term derived from Latin castus.

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chaste (plural chastes)

  1. chaste; celibate

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Semi-learned term derived from Latin castus.

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chaste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chaste)

  1. chaste; celibate

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