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English

Etymology

From Latin caelibatus, 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.


Translations

  • Czech: svobodný stav, celibát , (without women): bezženství
  • Finnish: selibaatti
  • German: {{t+|de|Zölibat|n}}, {{t+|de|Keuschheit|n}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Zölibat|n}}, {{t+|de|Keuschheit|n}}

Related terms


fa:celibacy id:celibacy te:celibacy vi:celibacy zh:celibacy

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Celibacy \Ce*lib"a*cy\, n. [See Celibate, n.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet celibacy
n 1: an unmarried status
2: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious
vows) [syn: chastity, sexual abstention]
Moby Dictionary
Encratism , Friday , Lenten fare , Platonic love , Pythagoreanism ,
Pythagorism , Rechabitism , Shakerism , Spartan fare , Stoicism ,
abstainment , abstemiousness , abstention , abstinence , alienation ,
aloneness , aloofness , asceticism , avoidance , bachelorhood ,
banyan day , chastity , continence , continency , detachment , eschewal ,
fast , fish day , friarhood , fruitarianism , gymnosophy , intactness ,
isolation , keeping apart , loneliness , loneness , lonesomeness ,
maidenhead , maidenhood , monachism , monasticism , monkery ,
moving apart , nephalism , plain living , privacy , purity , refraining ,
refrainment , seclusion , self-restraint , separateness ,
sequestration , sexual abstinence , simple diet , single blessedness ,
singleness , solitariness , solitude , spare diet , spinsterhood ,
splendid isolation , teetotalism , the pledge , total abstinence ,
vegetarianism , virginity , withdrawal


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