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in reply to a message by Getb2
I don't think you understand the real meaning of "chaste." It originally (e.g. in its usage in the Bible and other writings) did not mean a virgin or sexually inexperienced person, it meant a person who enjoyed sex in a moral context. That would be as opposed to sex in an immoral context such as adultery, prostitution, etc. A chaste person can still enjoy sex and giving a girl a name such as Agnes or Inez is certainly not an implication of the parents' hope that she remain a virgin forever.
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Chaste:
"Chaste" and "chastity"
From Old French chaste ("morally pure"), from Latin castus ("pure").
The words entered the English language around the middle of the 13th century; at that time they meant slightly different things. "Chaste" meant "virtuous or pure from unlawful sexual intercourse" (referring to extramarital sex), while "chastity" meant "virginity". It was not until the late 16th century that the two words came to have the same basic meaning as a related adjective and noun.
Adjective
chaste (comparative chaster, superlative chastest)
1.abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
2.virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
3.simple, austere, undecorative
4.modest, decent, morally pure
The etymology of "Ines" is given as "chaste" but it is never explained what meaning of the 4 possible meanings it refers to... But considering the catholic morality behind the name... The bet is that it does mean "abstaining from sexual intercourse".
"Chaste" and "chastity"
From Old French chaste ("morally pure"), from Latin castus ("pure").
The words entered the English language around the middle of the 13th century; at that time they meant slightly different things. "Chaste" meant "virtuous or pure from unlawful sexual intercourse" (referring to extramarital sex), while "chastity" meant "virginity". It was not until the late 16th century that the two words came to have the same basic meaning as a related adjective and noun.
Adjective
chaste (comparative chaster, superlative chastest)
1.abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
2.virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
3.simple, austere, undecorative
4.modest, decent, morally pure
The etymology of "Ines" is given as "chaste" but it is never explained what meaning of the 4 possible meanings it refers to... But considering the catholic morality behind the name... The bet is that it does mean "abstaining from sexual intercourse".
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