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noun
1.
a person who abstains from sexual relations.
2.
a person who remains unmarried, especially for religious reasons.
adjective
3.
observing or pertaining to sexual abstention or a religious vow not to marry.
4.
not married.
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celibate
1614 (n.) "state of celibacy," from Fr. célibat (16c.), from L. cælibatus (see celibacy). The adj. meaning "unmarried, sworn to remain single" is recorded from 1829. As a noun, one who is sworn to such a condition, is from 1869.
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