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• chaste — adj Chaste, pure, modest, decent are comparable when they mean free from all taint of what is lewd or salacious. Chaste fundamentally implies an opposition to immoral in the sense of that word in which it connotes lustfulness and licentiousness.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• chaste — [tʃeıst] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin castus pure ] 1.) old fashioned not having sex with anyone, or not with anyone except your husband or wife →↑celibate, chastity ↑chastity ▪ She led a chaste, decent life. 2.) not showing… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• chaste — [[t]tʃe͟ɪst[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife. [OLD FASHIONED] He remained chaste... Abramov did not live a… …   English dictionary

• Wife — For other uses, see Wife (disambiguation). The Merchant s Wife (1918) by Boris Kustodiev …   Wikipedia

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• The Fancies Chaste and Noble — is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by John Ford, and notable for its treatment of the then fashionable topic of Platonic love.Date and performanceThe dates of authorship and first performance of the play are uncertain, though the… …   Wikipedia

• List of stories within One Thousand and One Nights — This article provides a list of stories within Richard Francis Burton s translation of One Thousand and One Nights . Burton s first ten volumes were published between 1885 and 1886. The Supplemental Nights were published between 1886 and 1888 as… …   Wikipedia

• Genevieve of Brabant — Genevieve (also Genoveva or Genovefa) of Brabant is a heroine of medieval legend.LegendHer story is a typical example of the widespread tale of the chaste wife falsely accused and repudiated, generally on the word of a rejected suitor. Genovefa… …   Wikipedia

• Daud Bandagi Kirmani — Early 17th century Miniature Painting of Hazrat Daud Bandagi Syed Muhammad Ibrahim bin Syed Fatehullah Kirmani 1513 1575C.E. (AH 919 982) more popularly known as Shaikh Daud Bandagi Kirmani was a famous 16th century saint of the Qadiri order.… …   Wikipedia

• The Picture — is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger, and first published in 1630.The play was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on June 8, 1629; it was acted by the King s Men at both of… …   Wikipedia

• Women Pleased — is a late Jacobean era stage play, a tragicomedy by John Fletcher that was originally published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647.Date and performanceThe play s date is uncertain; it is usually assigned to the 1619 ndash;23 period… …   Wikipedia