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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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