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