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Definition of Pudicity
1. n. Modesty; chastity.
Definition of Pudicity
1. Noun. Modesty; chastity. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pudicity
1. modesty [n PUDICITIES] - See also: modesty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pudicity
| pudent pudge pudges pudgier pudgiest pudgily pudginess pudginesses pudgy pudibund | pudical pudicity (current term) pudina pudinas pudique pudknocker pudor pudors puds pudsey | pudsier pudsiest pudsy pudu pudus pueblo |
Literary usage of Pudicity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff (1887)
"pudicity of body, without consent and permission of the soul, doth no man violate.
For, whatever against our will and without our empowering the same is by ..."
2. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution: And Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1874)
"Chastity ; the abstaining from all unlawful carnal commerce or connection.
A married woman or a widow may defend her pudicity as a maid may her virginity. ..."
3. The Complete Works of Edward Livingston on Criminal Jurisprudence by Edward Livingston, Salmon Portland Chase (1873)
"... in public, by which pudicity is offended; he shall be imprisoned not more than
six months, or fined not more than one thousand dollars, ..."
4. The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary: Comprising the Terms and Phrases of American by Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf, James Christopher Cahill (1922)
"pudicity. Chastity; the abstaining from all unlawful carnal commerce or connection.
A married woman or a widow may defend her pudicity as a maid may her ..."
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