Celibate

created by Webster 1913
(idea) by mr100percent (4 wk) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Wed Aug 15 2001 at 18:42:27
An oft misused word.

Celibacy means not getting married. Most priests must take a vow of Celibacy.

Chastity means "not having sex." This is NOT what celibate means, although most of the world seems to confuse this.

Something every English teacher should tell their kids, it'll fix the world.(if they're not embarrassed by it)

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:24:23

Cel"i*bate (?), n. [L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried, single.]

1.

Celibate state; celibacy.

[Obs.]

He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige. Jer. Taylor.

2.

One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.

 

© Webster 1913.

Cel"i*bate, a.

Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.

 

© Webster 1913.

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