celibacy
Collocations
3ADJ.
involuntary, many, unmarried
VERB + CELIBACY
abolished, practice
CELIBACY + NOUN
pleasures, women
Definitions
noun
Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
They came to believe that men, who would live a godly life, must view marriage as a sin and choose a life of celibacy.
I could document this defense of celibacy. Unmarried women show up very well in all the tests of mental health.
Abstinence from sexual relations.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vo
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6They came to believe that men, who would live a godly life, must view marriage as a sin and choose a life of celibacy.
WiktionaryI could document this defense of celibacy. Unmarried women show up very well in all the tests of mental health.
WiktionaryMarriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Tatoeba · #238707Catholic priests practice celibacy.
Tatoeba · #2427748Tom's involuntary celibacy came to an end when he let go of his sense of entitlement.
Tatoeba · #11064759Lutheran doctrine abolished celibacy and the worship of images.
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