celibate
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˈsɛlɪbɪt/
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célibe
- To become a priest in the Catholic Church, one must commit to being celibate for life.
- remain celibate
- a celibate life
- celibate clergy
If she can't have sex, maybe my my point is, is that it isn't an unusual thing for us to be celibate for a season.
- If she can't have sex, maybe my my point is, is that it isn't an unusual thing for us to be celibate for a season.
- I think that that my thing has always been, and This is why it's been so interesting for me being single and celibate by choice over the last five years.
- So on behalf of single people everywhere, I volunteered the question, Are you talking about us being celibate until there's a vaccine?
- And he ran some site about in, in cells, which means involuntarily celibate.
- And then so we were kind of celibate, like living life in Europe while he was working hard.
- Oh wee, I'm still celibate, but oh wee, I was like centimeter away from ruining my celibacy.
- Oh, we, I'm still celibate, but oh, we, I was like centimeter away from ruining my celibacy.
Examples
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I'm a celibate heterosexual priest.
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My point is that you can be celibate without being a virgin.
Fiction book (1993) -
Or am I sort of strange or celibate for religious reasons?
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In fact, he explained to me that before our relationship, he had been celibate for many years.
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I had been celibate for more than six months when I met you.
Fiction book (1999) -
In our world, because we remain celibate, we are equal.
Fiction book (2000) -
One of the many good reasons a priest is celibate is that he has no natural family.
Blog text (16) -
Her marriage was over, and for a while she was celibate, uninterested in starting up anything new.
Fiction book (2000) -
Let me just put it this way, I've been celibate for over ten years.
Blog text (2) -
Is it any wonder that so many religious traditions insist their priests remain celibate?
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
14
7.4
Not having sex, often for religious or moral reasons
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7.4
Avoiding things you enjoy, like food and drink, for discipline or religion
Not having sex for religious or moral reasons
How Chaste
Surface Forms
Etymology
To be celibate comes from the Latin caelebs, meaning 'unmarried' or 'single'. So when someone is celibate, they are unmarried and often avoid sex, usually for religious or personal reasons.