Hypertext Webster Gateway: "celibacy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
celibacy
n 1: an unmarried status (as because of religious vows)
2: abstaining from sexual relations [syn: {chastity}, {sexual
abstention}]
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