CELIBACY

chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention

(noun) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

celibacy

(noun) an unmarried status

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

celibacy (countable and uncountable, plural celibacies)

Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.

(by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations.

Synonyms

• sexlessness

Source: Wiktionary


Ce*lib"a*cy, n. Etym: [See Celibate, n.]

Definition: The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." Hallom.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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