Associations to the word «Celibate»

Wiktionary

CELIBATE, adjective. Not married.
CELIBATE, adjective. (by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
CELIBATE, noun. One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
CELIBATE, noun. (obsolete) A celibate state; celibacy.

Dictionary definition

CELIBATE, noun. An unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity.
CELIBATE, adjective. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca