celibacyn.

/ˈsɛlɪbəsi/

Forms: Also 1600s cœlebacy.

Etymology: < Latin caelibātus in same sense, < caelebs , caelib-em unmarried, single: see -acy suffix 3 (Caelebs, and its noun of state caelibātus, are the only cognate words found in Latin).

The state of living unmarried.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] > by choice > state or condition of

chastity?c1225

celibate1614

celibacy1663

1663 L. Womock Aron-bimnucha or Antidote to cure Calamites 54 St. Paul's advice for cœlebacy, or single life.

1754 D. Hume Hist. Eng. ii The celibacy of priests was introduced into the English System by Dunstan.

1791 W. Maxwell in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 344 [Paraphrasing Johnson:] Even ill assorted marriages were preferable to cheerless celibacy.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 681 Celibacy may suit an individual, but never a corps.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vii. 468 With Gregory celibacy was the perfection of human nature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	celibacy
释义	celibacyn. /ˈsɛlɪbəsi/ Forms: Also 1600s cœlebacy. Etymology: < Latin caelibātus in same sense, < caelebs , caelib-em unmarried, single: see -acy suffix 3 (Caelebs, and its noun of state caelibātus, are the only cognate words found in Latin). The state of living unmarried. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] > by choice > state or condition of chastity?c1225 celibate1614 celibacy1663 1663 L. Womock Aron-bimnucha or Antidote to cure Calamites 54 St. Paul's advice for cœlebacy, or single life. 1754 D. Hume Hist. Eng. ii The celibacy of priests was introduced into the English System by Dunstan. 1791 W. Maxwell in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 344 [Paraphrasing Johnson:] Even ill assorted marriages were preferable to cheerless celibacy. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 681 Celibacy may suit an individual, but never a corps. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vii. 468 With Gregory celibacy was the perfection of human nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1663
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