What is the difference between celibate and celibacy?
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Not married.
(by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
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.
(obsolete) A celibate state; celibacy.
* Jeremy Taylor
Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
Abstaining from sexual relations.
Celibate is a related term of celibacy.
As nouns the difference between celibate and celibacy
is that celibate is 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 while celibacy is abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.As a adjective celibate
is not married.celibate
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)- ''Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate .
Synonyms
* (not married) unmarried, single * (abstaining from sex) abstinent, chaste, pureDerived terms
* celibatelyNoun
(en noun)- He preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige.