Celibacy
11celibacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Unmarried state Nouns 1. celibacy, singleness, single blessedness; bachelorhood, bachelorship, spinsterhood; misogamy, misogyny; virginity, pucelage, maidenhood; chastity, continence, sexual abstinence.… …
12celibacy — This word (from the Latin cælebs, meaning unmarried ) refers to the state of those who have voluntarily chosen to remain unmarried in order to devote their lives entirely to God and to the service of God s people. A vow of celibacy is… …
13celibacy — cel|i|ba|cy [ selıbəsi ] noun uncount a state of not having sex for a period of time or never having sex: Their priests take a vow of celibacy (=promise to not have sex) …
14celibacy — He claimed he had remained celibate throughout the four year marriage (Daily Telegraph). Celibacy does not, as is generally supposed, indicate abstinence from sexual relations. It means only to be unmarried, particularly as a result of a… …
15celibacy — [[t]se̱lɪbəsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Celibacy is the state of being celibate. Syn: chastity …
16Celibacy — The state of being unmarried. The Roman Catholic Church insists on the celibacy of the clergy …
17celibacy — UK [ˈselɪbəsɪ] / US noun [uncountable] a state of not having sex for a period of time, or never having sex Their priests take a vow of celibacy (= promise to not have sex) …
18celibacy — cel•i•ba•cy [[t]ˈsɛl ə bə si[/t]] n. 1) abstention from sexual relations 2) abstention by vow from marriage 3) the state of being unmarried • Etymology: 1655–65; < L caelib(ātus) celibacy (caelib , s. of caelebs single + ātus ate III) + acy… …
19celibacy — celibate ► ADJECTIVE 1) abstaining from marriage and sexual relations for religious reasons. 2) having or involving no sexual relations. ► NOUN ▪ a person who is celibate. DERIVATIVES celibacy noun. ORIGIN from Latin caelibatus unmarried state …
20Celibacy of the Clergy — • The renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Celibacy of the… …
