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==Etymology== The words ''chaste'' and ''chastity'' stem from the [[Latin]] adjective {{lang|la|castus}} ("cut off", "separated", "pure"). The words entered the [[English language]] around the middle of the 13th century. ''Chaste'' meant "virtuous", "pure from unlawful sexual intercourse" or (from the early 14th century on) as a noun, a virgin,<ref name=etymonlineChaste>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/chaste|title=chaste |website=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> while ''chastity'' meant "(sexual) purity".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=chastity|title=chastity|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> [[Thomas Aquinas]] links {{lang|la|castus}} (chastity) to the Latin verb {{lang|la|castigo}} ("chastise, reprimand, correct"), with a reference to [[Aristotle]]'s ''[[Nicomachean Ethics]]'': "Chastity takes its name from the fact that reason 'chastises' concupiscence, which, like a child, needs curbing, as the Philosopher states".<ref>{{cite book|last=Aquinas|first=Thomas|title=Summa Theologiae|at=II-II, Q.151}} Aquinas refers to {{cite book|author=Aristotle|title=Nicomachean Ethics|at=III.12|url=https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/aristotle/nicomachean-ethics/f-h-peters/text/book-3#chapter-3-2-12}}</ref>
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