unchaste

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The celibacy of the clergy was only established with the very greatest difficulty, and when it was established, priests became unchaste.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

The spirits of slain men, unchaste women, and women who died in childbed were most dreaded.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

It is evidently an incorrect use of language to describe the unmarried women of a tribe as unchaste, unless there is a rule for them.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

They suppose that the prophet had married a woman who was formerly unchaste.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Therefore, where polyandry is in the mores, women who comply with it are not unchaste.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham