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
Born Henri Grouès in 1912 in Lyon, Abbé Pierre was ordained in 1938, taking a vow of chastity.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024
The sisters’ vows of chastity and poverty and the air of secrecy that shrouds their cloistered lives are all intriguingly antithetical to modern Western values of sex, money and fame.
From New York Times • May 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
I swear I’ll lead a life of faith, hope and charity, poverty, chastity and obedience.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.