单词	celibacy
释义	celibatecel‧i‧bate /ˈseləbət/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINcelibate Origin: 1800-1900 Latin caelibatus, from caelebs ‘unmarried’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He had remained celibate for three years before he met Hannah. She was not prepared for a celibate life in the Church. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A celibate period followed, he says, before he started making out with men. But Jim had been living a celibate life for nearly eighteen years and planned to continue doing so. It costs much less to support celibate clergy than ministers or rabbis with spouses and children. It was unsettling to know that a panel of celibate strangers were scrutinizing her most intimate affairs. The celibate person is more available, not less so. The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament. The result was that Dahomean kings were very fecund, while ordinary Dahomean men were often celibate and barren. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen someone does not have sex► virgin someone who has never had sex: · Some men will not marry a woman who is no longer a virgin.· At 27 he was still a virgin and very shy about it. ► celibate someone who is celibate has chosen not to have sex at all, especially for religious reasons: · He had remained celibate for three years before he met Hannah.· She was not prepared for a celibate life in the Church. ► platonic a platonic relationship is one between people who do not have sex with each other, but are just friends - use this especially when other people think they are having a sexual relationship: · Their relationship was strictly platonic, even though she was living in his apartment.· In the novel, Edward and Susannah present a perfect model of platonic love. ► be just (good) friends use this to say that two people are not having a sexual relationship: · "Are you going out with Liam?'' "No, we're just good friends.''· I keep telling my mother that Peter and I are just friends but she doesn't seem to believe me. not married and not having sex, especially because of your religious beliefs → virgin:  Catholic priests are required to be celibate.—celibate noun [countable]—celibacy /-bəsi/ noun [uncountable]:  a vow of celibacy
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