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Celibacy

Celibacy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Celibacy? [n] abstaining from sexual relations [n] an unmarried status (as because of religious vows) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Celibacy: chastity \| sexual abstention Related Terms \| Find terms related to Celibacy: abstainment \| abstemiousness \| abstention \| abstinence \| alienation \| aloneness \| aloofness \| asceticism \| avoidance \| bachelorhood \| banyan day \| chastity \| continence \| continency \| detachment \| Encratism \| eschewal \| fast \| fish day \| friarhood \| Friday \| fruitarianism \| gymnosophy \| intactness \| isolation \| keeping apart \| Lenten fare \| loneliness \| loneness \| lonesomeness \| maidenhead \| maidenhood \| monachism \| monasticism \| monkery \| moving apart \| nephalism \| plain living \| Platonic love \| privacy \| purity \| Pythagoreanism \| Pythagorism \| Rechabitism \| refraining \| refrainment \| seclusion \| self-restraint \| separateness \| sequestration \| sexual abstinence \| Shakerism \| simple diet \| single blessedness \| singleness \| solitariness \| solitude \| spare diet \| Spartan fare \| spinsterhood \| splendid isolation \| Stoicism \| teetotalism \| the pledge \| total abstinence \| vegetarianism \| virginity \| withdrawal See Also \| abstinence \| condition \| status Celibacy In Webster's Dictionary \Celib"acy\, n. [See {Celibate}, n.] The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. ``The celibacy of the clergy.'' --Hallom.

Celibacy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Celibacy?

[n] abstaining from sexual relations
[n] an unmarried status (as because of religious vows)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Celibacy: chastity | sexual abstention

See Also | abstinence | condition | status

Celibacy In Webster's Dictionary

\Ce*lib"a*cy\, n. [See {Celibate}, n.]
The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a
bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. ``The
celibacy of the clergy.'' --Hallom.

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