celibacy
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English
Alternative forms
- cælibacy (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”).
Pronunciation
Noun
celibacy (countable and uncountable, plural celibacies)
- Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
- (by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations.
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Translations
state of being unmarried
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abstaining from sexual relations
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Further reading
- “celibacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “celibacy”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.