Definitions for: Celibate

[n] an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
[adj] abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"

Webster (1913) Definition: Cel"i*bate, n. [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.
Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.

Synonyms: chaste, continent

See Also: religionist, religious person

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