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CHASTE; CHASTITY

chast, chas'-ti-ti.

See CRIMES; MARRIAGE.

Greek

54. hagnotes -- purity, chastity
... purity, chastity. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hagnotes Phonetic
Spelling: (hag-not'-ace) Short Definition: purity, chastity Definition ...
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47. hagneia -- purity
... purity. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hagneia Phonetic Spelling:
(hag-ni'-ah) Short Definition: purity, chastity Definition: purity, chastity. ...
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1467. egkrateuomai -- to exercise self-control
... contain, be temperate. Middle voice from egkrates; to exercise self-restraint (in
diet and chastity) -- can(-not) contain, be temperate. see GREEK egkrates. ...
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Library

On Exhortation to Chastity
On Exhortation to Chastity. <. On Exhortation to Chastity Tertullian.
Translated by Rev. S. Thelwall Table of Contents. Title Page. ...
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Whether Chastity is a virtue?
... OF CHASTITY (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether chastity is a virtue? Objection 1:
It would seem that chastity is not a virtue. For here we ...
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Whether Chastity is a General virtue?
... OF CHASTITY (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether chastity is a general virtue? Objection
1: It would seem that chastity is a general virtue. ...
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Of Holy Chastity
... PART FOUR. HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONS AND NOTABLE SAYINGS
OF BROTHER GILES CHAPTER VIII OF HOLY CHASTITY. Our ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter viii of holy chastity.htm

Of Chastity.
... Theophilus to Autolycus: Book III. Chapter XIII."Of Chastity. And concerning
chastity, the holy word teaches us not only not to ...
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Of Chastity (Four Articles)
... OF CHASTITY (FOUR ARTICLES). We must next consider chastity: (1) The virtue
itself of chastity: (2) virginity, which is a part of ...
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Chastity and Prayer.
... Book XIV. 25. Chastity and Prayer. Now after these things, having considered
how many possible accidents may arise in marriages, which ...
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The Offering of Chastity a Great Gift.
The Banquet of the Ten Virgins, or Concerning Chastity. <. ... Discourse
V."Thallousa. Chapter I."The Offering of Chastity a Great Gift. ...
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Whether Purity Belongs Especially to Chastity?
... OF CHASTITY (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether purity belongs especially to chastity? Objection
1: It would seem that purity does not belong especially to chastity. ...
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Chastity the Chief Ornament of the True Tabernacle; Seven
The Banquet of the Ten Virgins, or Concerning Chastity. <. ... Chapter
I."Chastity the Chief Ornament of the True Tabernacle; Seven. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Sexual or moral purity; celibacy; the state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

2. (n.) Purity.

3. (n.) The unmarried life.

4. (n.) Chasteness.

Topical Bible Verses

1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
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1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication:
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1 Corinthians 7:1-40
Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
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1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
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1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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Romans 13:13
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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Ephesians 5:3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;
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1 Corinthians 7:37
Nevertheless he that stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.
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1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any man think that he behaves himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sins not: let them marry.
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Thesaurus

Chastity
... 2. (n.) Purity. 3. (n.) The unmarried life. 4. (n.) Chasteness. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. CHASTE; CHASTITY. chast, chas'-ti-ti. See CRIMES; MARRIAGE. ...
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Virginity (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled
purity or chastity; maidenhood. 2. (n.) The unmarried life; celibacy. Int. ...
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Virtue (21 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
8. (n.) One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. Int. ...
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Temperate (6 Occurrences)
... temperance. The reference in Acts 24:25 is to chastity, and in 1 Corinthians
7:9, as the context shows, to the inner side of chastity. ...
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Temperance (3 Occurrences)
... temperance. The reference in Acts 24:25 is to chastity, and in 1 Corinthians
7:9, as the context shows, to the inner side of chastity. ...
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Seducer
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one
who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions. ...
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Seduce (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To entice to evil; to lead astray; specifically,
to induce to surrender chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation. Int. ...
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Chatter (5 Occurrences)

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Woman (4043 Occurrences)
...Chastity and modesty, the choice inheritance of Hebrew womanhood, were foreign to
the Greek conception of morality, and disappeared from Rome when Greek ...
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Purity (16 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. 4. (n.) Freedom from guilt or
the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life. ...
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Subtopics

Chastity

Chastity: Abimelech

Chastity: Advantages of

Chastity: Boaz

Chastity: Breach of, Punished

Chastity: Commanded

Chastity: Consequences of Associating With Those Devoid of

Chastity: Drunkenness Destructive To

Chastity: General Scriptures Concerning

Chastity: Joseph

Chastity: Keep the Body In