These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chastity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. ‘Public opposition to a conflict remains strong and a clarion call has gone out from anti-war organisations across the world. ‘Forty years ago, Fanon was issuing a clarion call against imperialism.’. ‘he issued a clarion call to young people to join the Party’. 2022 Those who act against that chastity rule risk losing their standing in the church. A strongly expressed demand or request for action. restraint and simplicity in design or expression. abstention from unlawful sexual intercourse. 2022 On his way to fight the Trojan War, King Agamemnon accidentally kills a favorite stag of Artemis, the goddess of wild animals and chastity. chastity: noun the quality or state of being chaste: such as. 2022 Catholic religious orders, such as the Benedictines, Jesuits, Franciscans or Dominicans, require their members-nuns, brothers or priests-to take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 21 June 2022 Either/Or shares none of the chastity of its predecessor. the sound of such an instrument or any similar sound. (Instruments) an obsolete high-pitched small-bore trumpet. Lorraine Taylor, Fox News, 1 July 2022 Between the goddess and her nymphs, bathing in the sacred grotto, lives the premise of chastity even as the nymphs flirt in their eloquent poses.Ĭlaudia Rankine, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 And they would still be expected to practice total romantic discretion, if not chastity.Į. (Instruments) a four-foot reed stop of trumpet quality on an organ. 1913 - Websters Revised Unabridged Dictionary By Noah Webster. 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database By Oddity Software A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. 2022 According to the Catechism, homosexual persons are called to chastity. loud and clear ' a clarion call ' 2011 - English Dictionary Database By DataStellar Co., Ltd A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. Recent Examples on the Web An argument between two brothers over whose girlfriend ‘’had the least amount of chastity’' led to the gunfire that critically injured a 2-year-old girl in Tarrant, authorities said.Ĭarol Robinson | al, 29 Aug.
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