celibatarianadj.n.
/ˌsɛlɪbəˈtɛːrɪən/ A. adj.
Characterized by, or characteristic of, celibacy; inclined to, or favouring celibacy.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective] > by choice > relating to or involving condition of
sole1553
celibatarian1840
celibatic1881
1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xi An act so little in accord with the Queen's..celibatarian prejudices.
1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 137 He had vegetated twenty years in the celibatarian dignities of his fellowship.
1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 671 Let me offer a single and celibatarian phrase.
B. n.
One who lives in or advocates celibacy.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] > by choice
agamist1570
celibatist1829
celibatory1841
celibatarian1863
celibate1869
1863 G. A. Sala in Temple Bar VII. 546 Her chin, like a wavering celibatarian, seemed scarcely to have made up its mind.
1867 H. C. Lea Sacerdotal Celibacy 168 So ardent a celibatarian as Aldhelm.
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