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Definition of Celibate

1. Noun. An unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity.

Definition of Celibate

1. n. Celibate state; celibacy.

2. a. Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.

Definition of Celibate

1. Adjective. Not married. ¹

2. Adjective. (by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures. ¹

3. Noun. Person 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Celibate

1. one who lives a life of celibacy [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celibate

Literary usage of Celibate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Essence of Christianity by Ludwig Feuerbach, George Eliot (1855)
"The celibate and monachism—of course only in their original, religious significance and form—are sensible manifestations, necessary consequences, ..."

2. History of the Council of Trent by Félix Bungener (1855)
"The celibate— Can we examine whether it be, in itself, more holy than marriage— Monks and the monastic life—Suicide—Convents in ..."

3. Ancient Christianity, and the Doctrines of the Oxford Tracts for the Times by Isaac Taylor (1844)
"CONNEXION OF THE ANCIENT celibate WITH THE NOTIONS ENTERTAINED OF THE DIVINE NATURE. IT is affirmed then, that the principle and the practices of religious ..."

4. Delineation of Roman Catholicism: Drawn from the Authentic and Acknowledged by Charles Elliott (1851)
"Another question in connection with this subject presents itself, which is the following : Can married persons, with mutual consent, be- rome celibate ..."

5. Chapters on Human Love by Walter Matthew Gallichan (1898)
"Celibacy a phenomenon of civilisation -Ancient celibate sects Its origin religious—Sacerdotal Chastity - St. Paul -Vices resulting from celibacy ..."

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