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Definition
not having sexual intercourse (ever, outside of marriage, or for a long time); or not involving sexual desire
- Since she is pure and chaste, she would have been refined enough for me.5 — The Woman Pays (48% in)
- He would not say whether or not she had attached herself to the sound Low Church School of his father; but she would probably be open to conviction on that point; she was a regular church-goer of simple faith; honest-hearted, receptive, intelligent, graceful to a degree, chaste as a vestal, and, in personal appearance, exceptionally beautiful.4 — The Consequence (15% in)
There are no more uses of "chaste" in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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