From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!orion!lime!we13!burl!rcj Newsgroups: net.singles Title: Re: Celibacy and Chastity Article-I.D.: burl.16 Posted: Wed Dec 22 09:14:36 1982 Received: Thu Dec 23 05:37:41 1982 References: eagle.696 Quoting here from "The American Heritage DICTIONARY of the English Language (New College Edition)", the OFFICIAL office dictionary given to new employees at GUILFORD CENTER, Corporate HQ for Western Electric!! [With that kinda hype, you gotta believe it!!] celibacy -- the condition of being unmarried, especially be reason of religious vows. chastity -- 1. the state or quality of being chaste or pure. 2. celibacy; virginity. Please note that the dictionary is rather confused and/or outdated, since it is apparently equating "the condition of being unmarried" with the condition of not having sexual relations. The MAD Programmer alias: Curtis Jackson (...!floyd!burl!rcj)