1) An unmarried status 2) Bachelorhood 3) Bachelorship 4) Condition 5) Congress is not allowed in it 6) Misogamy 7) Misogyny 8) Obstructor of congress 9) Single blessedness 10) Singleness 11) Status 12) The state of being unmarried
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1) Chastity
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- an unmarried status (as because of religious vows)
- abstaining from sexual relations
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Celibacy (from Latin, cælibatus) is voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent or both, usually for religious reasons. It is often in association with the role of a religious official or devotee. In its narrow sense, the term celibacy is applied only to those for whom the unmarried state is the result of a sacred vow, act of renunciation, or...
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• (n.) The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.
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the state of being unmarried and, therefore, sexually abstinent, usually in association with the role of a religious official or devotee. In its ... [26 related articles]
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Way of life involving voluntary abstinence from sexual intercourse. In some religions, such as Christianity and Buddhism, celibacy is sometimes a requirement for certain religious roles, such as the...
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Condition of those who are unmarried. In the Catholic Church priests and religious take vows of absolute chastity. In the Eastern Church, celibacy is required only for bishops; among Protestant pastors marriage is permitted
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Ce·lib'a·cy noun [ See
Celibate ,
noun ] 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.'
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Celibacy is the state of being celibate or unmarried and abstaining from sexual intercourse, the term being especially applied to the voluntary life of abstinence from sex and marriage followed by many religious devotees and by some orders of clergy, as those of the Roman Catholic Church.
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The renunciation of marriage and sexual relations as part of a religious vocation. Roman Catholic priests are celibate while Orthodox priests are not required to be celibate (Smith and Green 1995
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n] - an unmarried status (as because of religious vows)
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noun an unmarried status
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Way of life involving voluntary abstinence from sexual intercourse. In some religions, such as Christianity and Buddhism, celibacy is sometimes a requirement for certain religious roles, such as the priesthood or a monastic life. Other religions, including Judaism, strongly discourage celibacy
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abstention from sexual relations. · abstention by vow from marriage: the celibacy of priests. · the state of being unmarried.
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