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CELIBATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("celibate" is a kind of...):
religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)
Derivation:
celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abstaining from sexual intercourse
Example:
celibate priests
Synonyms:
celibate; continent
Classified under:
Similar:
chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))
Derivation:
celibate (an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity)
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