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Celibate

Celibate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Celibate? [n] an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity [adj] abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Celibate: chaste \| continent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Celibate: abbacomes \| abbot \| absolute \| abstemious \| abstinent \| acarpous \| alone \| Apostolic \| arid \| ascetic \| azygous \| bachelor \| barren \| beadsman \| brother \| caloyer \| celibataire \| cenobite \| chaste \| childless \| continent \| conventual \| conventual prior \| desert \| desolate \| drained \| dried-up \| dry \| Encratic \| exhausted \| fallow \| first and last \| friar \| fruitarian \| fruitless \| gaunt \| gelded \| grand prior \| hermit \| hieromonach \| immaculate \| impair \| impotent \| ineffectual \| infecund \| infertile \| intact \| issueless \| jejune \| lay abbot \| lay brother \| leached \| Lenten \| lone \| maidenly \| mendicant \| menopausal \| misogamic \| misogamist \| misogynist \| misogynous \| monachal \| monastic \| monk \| monkish \| nephalistic \| nonfertile \| nonproducing \| nonproductive \| nonprolific \| nun \| odd \| on the wagon \| one and only \| only \| only-begotten \| palmer \| pilgrim \| pillar saint \| pillarist \| Platonic \| priest \| prior \| pure \| Pythagorean \| Rechabite \| religieux \| religious \| sexually abstinent \| Shaker \| sine prole \| single \| singular \| sole \| Spartan \| spinster \| sterile \| Stoic \| stylite \| sucked dry \| sworn off \| teemless \| teetotal \| uncultivated \| undefiled \| unfertile \| unfruitful \| unique \| unmarried \| unpaired \| unplowed \| unproductive \| unprolific \| unrepeated \| unsown \| unsullied \| untilled \| unwed \| vegetarian \| vestal \| virgin \| virginal \| virtuous \| waste \| wasted \| without issue See Also \| religionist \| religious person Celibate In Webster's Dictionary \Cel"ibate\, 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"ibate\, a. Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.

Celibate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Celibate?

[n] an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
[adj] abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Celibate: chaste | continent

See Also | religionist | religious person

Celibate In Webster's Dictionary

\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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