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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
celibate
    adj 1: abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
           [syn: celibate, continent]
    n 1: an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of
         chastity

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Celibate \Cel"i*bate\, n. [L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried,
   single.]
   1. Celibate state; celibacy. [Obs.]
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            He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate
            of marriage.                          --Jer. Taylor.
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   2. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by
      vows not to marry.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Celibate \Cel"i*bate\, a.
   Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
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