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   celibate

   /ˈsɛlɪbət/

   adjective

   • 1. abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons: "a celibate priest"
   • ▪ having or involving no sexual relations: "a celibate lifestyle"

   noun

   • 1. a person who abstains from marriage and sexual relations: "he's attracted and attractive to women and yet he lives as a celibate"

   Word Origin early 19th century (earlier (mid 17th century) as celibacy): from French célibat or Latin caelibatus ‘unmarried state’ + -ate2.

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