purity ring

English

Noun

purity ring (plural purity rings)

1. A ring (piece of jewellery) representing a Christian religious vow to abstain from sexual intercourse until marriage.

Synonyms

• abstinence ring
• chastity ring

Coordinate terms

• promise ring

Translations

type of ring

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貞潔指環／贞洁指环 (zhēnjié zhǐhuán)

• Dutch: kuisheidsring m
• Esperanto: pureca ringo
• Finnish: siveyssormus
• French: bague de virginité (fr) f
• German: Keuschheitsring m, Reinheitsring m, Purity-Ring m (Purity Ring m)
• Italian: anello di purezza m
• Portuguese: anel da pureza m
• Spanish: anillo de castidad m