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Celibacy definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CELIBACY, n. An unmarried state; a single life. It is most frequently if not always applied to males, or to a voluntary single life.
They look on celibacy as an accursed state.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an unmarried status
2: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) [syn: chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1646 1. the state of not being married 2. a. abstention from sexual intercourse b. abstention by vow from marriage

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Celibacy is the state of being celibate.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Single life, unmarried state, abstinence from marriage.

Moby Thesaurus

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