Chastity. Chastity is a virtue related to temperance, one of the seven Christian virtues and it is defined as refraining from any sexual conduct or romantic relationships.
Chastity is usually defined within the moral standards and guidelines of a culture, civilization or religion. The term is closely associated with sexual abstinence, especially in the context of premarital and extramarital sex.
The words chaste and chastity stem from the Latin adjective castus. The words entered the English language around the middle of the 13th century.
At that time, they meant slightly different things. Chaste meant virtuous or pure from unlawful sexual intercourse,while chastity meant virginity.
Not until the late 16th century did the two words come to have the same basic meaning as a related adjective and noun. For many Jews, Muslims, and Christians, acts of sexual nature are restricted to marriage. For unmarried persons, chastity is identified with sexual abstinence. Sexual acts outside or apart from marriage, such as adultery, fornication, and prostitution, are considered immoral due to lust. Vow of chastity redirects here. For vows of Catholic Religious, see Evangelical counsels. For vows of chastity in other Christian Churches, see Religious vows. In many Christian traditions, chastity is synonymous with sexual purity. Chastity means not having any sexual relations outside marriage. It also mean
Chastity is usually defined within the moral standards and guidelines of a culture, civilization or religion. The term is closely associated with sexual abstinence, especially in the context of premarital and extramarital sex.
The words chaste and chastity stem from the Latin adjective castus. The words entered the English language around the middle of the 13th century.
At that time, they meant slightly different things. Chaste meant virtuous or pure from unlawful sexual intercourse,while chastity meant virginity.
Not until the late 16th century did the two words come to have the same basic meaning as a related adjective and noun. For many Jews, Muslims, and Christians, acts of sexual nature are restricted to marriage. For unmarried persons, chastity is identified with sexual abstinence. Sexual acts outside or apart from marriage, such as adultery, fornication, and prostitution, are considered immoral due to lust. Vow of chastity redirects here. For vows of Catholic Religious, see Evangelical counsels. For vows of chastity in other Christian Churches, see Religious vows. In many Christian traditions, chastity is synonymous with sexual purity. Chastity means not having any sexual relations outside marriage. It also mean
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