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Celibate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Celibate has 1 sense
- celibate(n = noun.person) Array - an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity; Array is a kind of religious person
Derived form adjective celibate1
Adjective Celibate has 1 sense
- celibate(s = adj.all) continent - abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" Derived form noun celibate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Celibate, n. [L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried, single.].
- Celibate state; celibacy. [1913 Webster]"He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marriage." [1913 Webster]
- One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry. [1913 Webster]
Celibate, a.
Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Celibate, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 committed to abstention from sexual relations and from marriage, esp. for religious reasons.
2 abstaining from sexual relations.
--n. a celibate person.
--adj.
1 committed to abstention from sexual relations and from marriage, esp. for religious reasons.
2 abstaining from sexual relations.
--n. a celibate person.
Derivative
celibacy n.
Etymology
F c{eacute}libat or L caelibatus unmarried state f. caelebs -ibis unmarried
THESAURUS
Celibate
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