chastity

Example Sentences

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A monk named Paschalis devotes his life to a biography of the noncanonical saint Wilgefortis, a venerated Christian noblewoman who grew a beard to vouchsafe her chastity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Iran's National Security Council has paused the implementation of the controversial "hijab and chastity law", which had been due to come into force on Friday.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

Franklin maintained his own list of virtues: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.

From National Geographic • Nov. 8, 2023

What does her choice say about Roman values concerning the conduct of women, chastity, and reputation?

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

On top of the more or less social tangle in which he found himself, there was a personal puzzle—for he put a higher value cm chastity than is fashionable in our century.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White