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CHASTE
(adj.) morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
"a holy woman innocent and chaste"
She was a chaste woman. -added by naila_inlas
A nun...NUNS don't experience sexual intercourse..hence they are morally pure.(adj.) abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
In many cultures, women who were proved not be chaste were put to death. -added by Aswathy_inlas
(adj.) pure and simple in design or style
"a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"
Her dress had a chaste border of small flowers. -added by naila_inlas
flowers of very simple design
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Mnemonics for chaste
(Tag: ) sounds like "caste"...caste is always one...it cannot be mixed...so PURE
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-15 (Tag: English , Global) Sounds like Taste. You Taste the Food if its pure and has no impurities like dirt.
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-1 (Tag: chaste to caste) the higher caste of hinduism ie., the brahmins went to jungles for yaga and lead a brahmachari life.without having sex..
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-4 (Tag: ) chaste = charity + superior. charities for poor will be lead by mother superior and they are pure and simple
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Origin
Via French < Latin castus "pure"] added by bimal03
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