Meaning of CELIBATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'selubit
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- [n] an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
- [adj] abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
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| | Synonyms: | | chaste, continent |
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| | See Also: | | religionist, religious person | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cel"i*bate\, n. [L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried,
single.]
1. Celibate state; celibacy. [Obs.]
He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate
of marrige. --Jer. Taylor.
2. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by
vows not to marry.
\Cel"i*bate\, a.
Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
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