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Agnus castus
Agnus castus Ag"nus cas"tus [Gr. ? a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with ? holy, chaste.] (Bot.) A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree. --Loudon. And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. --Dryden.
V agnus castus
Agnus castus Ag"nus cas"tus [Gr. ? a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with ? holy, chaste.] (Bot.) A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree. --Loudon. And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. --Dryden.

Meaning of Castus from wikipedia

- Look up castus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Castus is a Latin word meaning clean and pure. Lucius Artorius Castus, Roman general Castus and Emilius...
- Artorius | Castus p(rimus) p(ilus) | leg(ionis) V Ma[c(edonicae)] pr|aefec[t]us leg(ionis) | VI Victric(is)|[...] Translated: Lucius Artorius Castus, Primus...
- to tie up, a reference to the use of V. agnus-castus in basketry. Its macaronic specific name agnus-castus repeats "chaste" in both Gr**** and Latin; the...
- Castus was an enslaved Gallic man who, together with the Thracian Spartacus, the fellow Gaul Crixus, and Celt Gannicus, alongside Oenomaus, was one of...
- Gannicus was a Celtic slave, who together with the Thracian Spartacus, Crixus, Castus and Oenomaus, became one of the leaders of rebel slaves during the Third...
- Saints Castus and Emilius (died 250 AD) are venerated as saints and martyrs by the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. They are mentioned by...
- decorations, often tattooed. Today the band consists of seven members: Castus Rabensang ("Castus Ravensong"), Xandru, Norri (formerly known as Harmann der Drescher)...
- in Campania and Lazio. Their feast day is 22 May, shared with Castus and Emilius. Castus is held to have been Bishop of Calvi and C****ius Bishop of Sinuessa...
- means celibacy. The words chaste and chastity stem from the Latin adjective castus ("cut off", "separated", "pure"). The words entered the English language...
- Elder for V. agnus-castus. It is derived from the Latin vieo, meaning to weave or to tie up, a reference to the use of V. agnus-castus in basketry. As a...