celibate

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   Not married.not-comparable

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   Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.broadlynot-comparable

   • Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.

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   One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.uncountable

   • Even during the ages that priestly marriage was permitted, celibates obtained a higher reputation for sanctity and virtue than married priests, who infinitely more than celibates were believed subject to infestation by demons.

syn. celibate · celibatist · abstinent

ant. copulator · libertine · sexual partner · person

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   To practice celibacy.intransitiverare

   • However, be that as it may, Stason celebrated with the boys while Hessel celibated alone.
   • These kids were winding up 45 years and 4 days of celebrating. Me? I'm winding up seven years of celibating looking for a patient virgin.

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   A celibate state; celibacy.obsoleteuncountable

   • He […] preferreth holy Cœlibate before the eſtate of Marriage, […]
   • And Mrs Gorman had had several admirers, both before and after Mr Gorman, and even during Mr Gorman, and Watt at least two well defined romances, in the course of his celibate.

syn. celibate · celibatist · abstinent

ant. copulator · libertine · sexual partner · person