English English Dictionary
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of Chasten
Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
One who chastens.
Chastity; purity.
Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.
of Chasten
Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.
To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
of Chastise
The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.
of Chastise
The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
Moral purity.
The unmarried life; celibacy.
Chasteness.
The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle.
To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
To talk of.