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Definition of Chasteners
1. chastener [n] - See also: chastener
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chasteners
Literary usage of Chasteners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... an Unfortunate Lady—Eloisa to Abelard-— Interim comparison with Dryden—The
Homer—The Essays and Satires—Their value as chasteners—Pope in other measures ..."
2. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1878)
"Before 1631 Sir William Tufton sold 310 acres, part of his purchase, together
with the seat of the Manor of Milton chasteners alias Norwoods, ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"... one Jordan de Sheppey, and to have acquired a grant of the manor of Northwood
chasteners, Kent, whence the family derived its name (HASTED, ii. 624-6). ..."
4. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch (1914)
"These men, wherever they came, were styled regulators and chasteners of peoples
and magistrates, and the city of Sparta from which they came was regarded as ..."
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