Celibacy
['selɪbəsɪ] or ['sɛləbəsi]
Definition
(n.) The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.
Editor: Pasquale
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Single life, unmarried state.
Checked by Emil
Definition
n. a single life: an unmarried state.—adjs. Celibatā′rian favouring celibacy; Cel′ibate living single.—n. one unmarried or not allowed to marry.
Inputed by Harvey
Examples
- Celibacy has been mine for thirty years. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No one that I know, said De Bracy, unless it be your vow of celibacy, or a check of conscience for an intrigue with a Jewess. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We in America have divorced them completely: both art and politics exist in a condition of unnatural celibacy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Is it your intention ever to marry; or do you prefer celibacy? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Never mind, Harriet, I shall not be a poor old maid; and it is poverty only which makes celibacy contemptible to a generous public! Jane Austen. Emma.
Typist: Nicholas