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their state of life. In some contexts, for example when making a vow of chastity, chastity means celibacy. The words chaste and chastity stem from the

profession of the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience or Benedictine equivalent. The vows are regarded as the individual's free response

Vow of Chastity (Italian: Voto di castità) is a 1976 Italian erotic comedy. It was directed by Joe D'Amato, who also acted as cinematographer. The story

solemn vow is a certain vow ("a deliberate and free promise made to God about a possible and better good") taken by an individual after completion of the

Manifesto" and the "Vows of Chastity" (Danish: kyskhedsløfter). These were rules to create films based on the traditional values of story, acting, and

the exception of the Vestal Virgins, who took a 30-year vow of chastity in order to devote themselves to the study and correct observance of state rituals

is typically accompanied by a religious vow to practice abstinence until marriage. Chastity rings are part of the abstinence-only sex education movement

order to imitate the life of Jesus of Nazareth (see also Evangelical counsels). This vow of chastity, made by people – not all of whom are clergy – is different

Religious vows in the form of the three evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience were first made in the twelfth century by Francis of Assisi

possessions, took a personal vow of chastity and prayed the breviary each day. He founded a church and abbey on his estate of Aurillac, where he was buried