Thesaurus: celibate

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1. n. Celibate state; celibacy.
2. n. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.
3. a. Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
4. adj. abstaining from sexual intercourse
5. n. an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
6. 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. Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
7. j:93/n:7 n. an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity s. abstaining from sexual intercourse