Celibacy
21celibacy — noun Date: 1646 1. the state of not being married 2. a. abstention from sexual intercourse b. abstention by vow from marriage …
22celibacy — noun a) Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. b) Abstaining from sexual relations. See Also: celibate …
23Celibacy — Unmarried state, particularly of clergy who are so bound by a solemn vow …
24celibacy — Synonyms and related words: Encratism, Friday, Lenten fare, Platonic love, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, Shakerism, Spartan fare, Stoicism, abstainment, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, alienation, aloneness, aloofness,… …
25celibacy — The unmarried state which is commended by Paul (1 Cor. 7:20–7) but without insisting on it as a discipline. There is no sin in getting married and those who are married need not obtain separations. Paul s advice is to avoid any personal… …
26celibacy — does not, as is generally supposed, indicate abstinence from sexual relations. It means only to be unmarried, particularly if as a result of a religious vow. A married person cannot be celibate, but he may be chaste …
27CELIBACY — to abstain from sexual relations. The practice is common in MONASTIC Orders, and various other religious movements, also in BUDDHISM, CHRISTIANITY AND HINDUISM where it is highly prized. It occurs in other religions such as ISLAM on special… …
28celibacy — cel·i·ba·cy || selɪbÉ™sɪ n. state of being unmarried; abstention from sexual intercourse, chastity …
29celibacy — n. Single life, unmarried state, abstinence from marriage …
30Celibacy — ♦ The state of being unmarried; required of western clergy in the major orders (bishop, priest, deacon, subdeacon) since the twelfth century. (Lynch, Joseph H. The Medieval Church: A Brief History, 360) …
