celibate, continent
(adjective) abstaining from sexual intercourse; “celibate priests”
celibate
(noun) an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
celibate (not comparable)
Not married.
(by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
• (not married): unmarried, single
• (abstaining from sex): abstinent, chaste, pure
• incel
• volcel
celibate (plural celibates)
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.
(obsolete) A celibate state; celibacy.
• volcel
• cel
celibate (third-person singular simple present celibates, present participle celibating, simple past and past participle celibated)
(rare) To practice celibacy
• cable tie, cabletie, citeable
Source: Wiktionary
Cel"i*bate, n. Etym: [L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried, single.]
1. Celibate state; celibacy. [Obs.] He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige. Jer. Taylor.
2. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.
Cel"i*bate, a.
Definition: Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
