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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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