celibacy

English

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Alternative forms

• cælibacy (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin caelibatus (“celibacy, a single life”), perfect passive participle of caelibare, from caelebs (“unmarried”).

Noun

celibacy (uncountable)

1. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
2. Abstaining from sexual relations.

Related terms

• celibate

Translations

state of being unmarried

Bulgarian: безбрачие (bg) n., ергенство (bg) n. Czech: svobodný stav, celibát m., (without women): bezženství Finnish: selibaatti (fi) French: célibat (fr) m. German: Zölibat (de) m. and n. Greek: αγαμία (el) (agamía) f. Hungarian: cölibátus (hu)

Irish: aontumha (ga) f. Norwegian: sølibat (no) n. Polish: celibat (pl) m. Russian: целибат (ru) (celibát) m. Scottish Gaelic: aontamhachd (gd) f. Swedish: celibat (sv) n.

abstaining from sexual relations

Bulgarian: сексуално въздържание (bg) Czech: celibát (cs) m. Finnish: selibaatti (fi) French: célibat (fr) m. German: Zölibat (de) m. and n., Keuschheit (de) f. Greek: αγαμία (el) (agamía) f.

Hungarian: cölibátus (hu) Norwegian: sølibat (no) n. Polish: celibat (pl) m. Russian: воздержание (ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: aontamhachd (gd) f. Swedish: celibat (sv) n.

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Esperanto: fraŭleco Interlingua: celibato

Spanish: celibato Slovak: celibát m

See also

• abstinence
• chaste
• chastity
• purity
• bachelordom

External links

• celibacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• celibacy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911