Hypertext Webster Gateway: "celibate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Celibate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Celibate \Cel"i*bate\, a.
Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
celibate
adj : abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn:
{continent}]
n : an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of
chastity
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