Associations to the word «Celibacy»
Noun
- Chastity
- Vow
- Abstinence
- Clergy
- Priesthood
- Fasting
- Ordination
- Shaker
- Cleric
- Nun
- Vocation
- Deacon
- Obedience
- Eucharist
- Austerity
- Synod
- Priest
- Homosexuality
- Veneration
- Marriage
- Monk
- Papacy
- Layman
- Precept
- Purity
- Buddhism
- Abolition
- Sexuality
- Catechism
- Piety
- Canon
- Confession
- Baptism
- Oath
- Reformation
- Protestantism
- Restraint
- Discipline
- Fidelity
- Luther
- Sect
- Communion
- Pope
- Lent
- Christianity
- Trent
- Homosexual
- Brahma
- Sanctity
- Insistence
- Mysticism
- Obligation
- Poverty
- Catholicism
- Augustine
- Alms
- Contemplation
- Heresy
- Ideal
Adjective
Wiktionary
CELIBACY, noun. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
CELIBACY, noun. (by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations.
Dictionary definition
CELIBACY, noun. An unmarried status.
CELIBACY, noun. Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.