What is "chasteness"

Usage examples of "chasteness".

I who loved you, Spoon River, And craved your love, Withered before your eyes, Spoon River-- Thirsting, thirsting, Voiceless from chasteness of soul to ask you for love, You who knew and saw me perish before you, Like this geranium which someone has planted over me, And left to die.

It is to say in English, Heaven's lily, For pure chasteness of virginity.

The ideals of Teaism have since the sixteenth century influenced our architecture to such degree that the ordinary Japanese interior of the present day, on account of the extreme simplicity and chasteness of its scheme of decoration, appears to foreigners almost barren.

It could never occur because of Haha-san's chasteness, which came not from any philosophical, religious or sociological strictures, but simply because she was following the dictates set down for her by her mother.

There was a chasteness to their relationship which she could never remember having with a man before.

When an orchestra of the Journeyers first publicly performed a suite from the time before Handel completely without crescendi and diminuendi, with the naïveté and chasteness of another age and world, some among the audience are said to have been totally uncomprehending, but others listened with fresh attention and had the impression that they were hearing music for the first time in their lives.