celibate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   abstaining from sexual intercourse

   Celibate priests.

From French célibat (“celibacy”), from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy”), from caelebs (“unmarried”); compare German Zölibat (“celibacy”). Equivalent to Latin caelebs + -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank, a state)

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