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Definitions of celibate in various dictionaries:
noun - an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
adj - abstaining from sexual intercourse
One who abstains from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows.
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| Originally this word meant "unmarried"; its other meaning is a more recent development |
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| Abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons. |
| A person who abstains from marriage and sexual relations. |
| abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons. |
| a person who abstains from marriage and sexual relations. |
| an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity |
| abstaining from sexual intercourse |
| not having sexual activity, especially because you have made a religious promise not to |
| a person who does not have sex |
| One who abstains from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows. |
| One who is unmarried. |
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| Celibacy (from Latin, cælibatus") is the state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent, or both, usually for religious reasons. It is often in association with the role of a religious official or devotee. In its narrow sense, the term celibacy is applied only to those for whom the unmarried state is the result of a sacred vow, act of renunciation, or religious conviction. In a wider sense, it is commonly understood to only mean abstinence from sexual activity.Celibacy has existed in one form or another throughout history, in virtually all the major religions of the world, and views on it have varied. Similarly, the Romans viewed it as an aberration and legislated fiscal penalties against it, with the sole exception granted to the Vestal Virgins. Protestantism saw a reversal of this trend in the West and the Eastern Orthodox Church never adopted it. The Islamic attitudes toward celibacy have been complex as well; Some Hadiths claimed that Muhammad denounced, but some Sufi ord |