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celibacy|ˈsɛlɪbəsɪ|
Also 7 cœlebacy.
[f. L. cælibātus in same sense, f. cælebs, cælib-em unmarried, single: see -acy 3. (Cælebs, and its noun of state cælibātus, are the only cognate words found in Latin).]
The state of living unmarried.
1663Aron-bimn. 54 St. Paul's advice for cœlebacy, or single life. 1754Hume Hist. Eng. ii, The celibacy of priests was introduced into the English System by Dunstan. 1791Boswell Johnson (1831) I. xxiv. 387 Even ill assorted marriages were preferable to cheerless celibacy. 1796H. Hunter tr. St. Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 681 Celibacy may suit an individual, but never a corps. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) II. iii. vii. 149 With Gregory celibacy was the perfection of human nature. |