celibacy
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin caelibatus (“‘celibacy, a single life’”), perfect passive participle of caelibare, from caelebs (“‘unmarried’”)
[edit] Noun
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celibacy (uncountable)
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[edit] Translations
state of being unmarried
abstaining from sexual relations
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- celibacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- celibacy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
