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CELIBATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("celibate" is a kind of...):

religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

Derivation:

celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abstaining from sexual intercourse

Example:

celibate priests

Synonyms:

celibate; continent

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))

Derivation:

celibate (an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity)

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