chaste

adj

1. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

   “When we consider the great excellence of chaste wedlock, Venerable Brethren, it appears all the more regrettable that particularly in our day we should witness this divine institution often scorned and on every side degraded.”

   “Theirs was a chaste marriage, loving and content.”

2. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

   “Theirs was a chaste marriage, cold and sexless.”

3. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

   “Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open To his vnmaſtred importunity.”

   “Her upbringing had been so chaste that her first experience French kissing ended in a panicked dash to the Piggly Wiggly to buy a home pregnancy test, just in case.”

4. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

   “I ask again what reason could a chaste woman possibly have for being out so late? and in that part of town? Your Honor, we repeat our motion that you recuse yourself from this case.”

5. (usually)Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

   “The chaste style of most early modern novels is elegant but intensely boring, particularly for teenagers too inexperienced to effectively read between the lines.”