unchaste
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The celibacy of the clergy was only established with the very greatest difficulty, and when it was established, priests became unchaste.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis
Impure, im-pūr′, adj. mixed with other substances: defiled by sin: unholy: unchaste: unclean.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
But if coarse in speech he was pure in life, and neither the rancor of political hate nor the research of unsparing biographers ever charged him with an unchaste act.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by George Spring Merriam
It is evidently an incorrect use of language to describe the unmarried women of a tribe as unchaste, unless there is a rule for them.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
For I tell you she hath so great a power of pleading that, being innocent, she will with difficulty be proved unchaste.'
From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford Madox Ford
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