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Webster 1913 Edition


Celibate

Cel′i-bate

,
Noun.
[L.
aelibatus
, fr.
caelebs
unmarried, single.]
1.
Celibate state; celibacy.
[Obs.]
He . . . preferreth holy
celibate
before the estate of marriage.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.

Cel′i-bate

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Celibate

CELIBATE

,
Noun.
A single life; celibacy; chiefly used when speaking of the single life of the Popish clergy.

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celibate

celibate

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celibate (not comparable)

  1. Not married.
  2. (by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
    Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.

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celibate (plural celibates)

  1. 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.
  2. (obsolete) A celibate state; celibacy.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      He [] preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige.

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