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intemerate
adjective as in chaste
Strongest matches
adjective as in pure
adjective as in virginal
Example Sentences
A mutilated inscription on the throne reads: dvrantis phanen ad intemerate Virginis lavdē tercentv͞m avreis alq hvjvs templi Bono centv̄ svperaditis hanc solerti cvra fieri demandavit Matteo de Martinotiis fidei commissario procvranti mcccc 97 petrvs pervsinvs pinxit.
"Do you suppose," said I, "That any impulse less supreme than love— Love bold to venture, but intemerate— Could bring me here—that Pity could do this?"
Lastly, this commandment conveys the obligation to dissent from, and reject, every superstition and every error, requiring us to preserve pure and intemerate the adoration due to the Supreme Being, who, in this sense, is represented in this text as jealously watching over human actions, and a not indifferent spectator of good or evil; therefore a sure punisher of the guilty, and an eternal remunerator of him who faithfully adheres to His law.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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