Celibate
['selɪbət] or ['sɛlɪbət]
Definition
(noun.) an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity.
(adj.) abstaining from sexual intercourse; 'celibate priests' .
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Definition
(n.) Celibate state; celibacy.
(n.) One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.
(a.) Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bachelor, unmarried man.
a. Unmarried, single.
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Examples
- Is it a celibate order? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The East had known religious celibates for thousands of years; in the West they were regarded with the profoundest scepticism and suspicion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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