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Definitions of celibacy in various dictionaries:
noun - an unmarried status
noun - abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
Abstinence from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows.
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| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| It's the official renunciation of marriage for "the more perfect observance of chastity" |
| The state of sexual abstinence |
| A June 1967 Encyclical affirming that priests must maintain this may have disappointed some |
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| the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations. |
| the state of intentionally not being married or having a sexual relationship |
| The state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations. |
| Abstinence from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows. |
| The condition of being unmarried. |
| an unmarried status |
| abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) |
| Celibacy description |
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| Celibacy (from Latin, cælibatus") is the state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent, or both, usually for religious reasons. It is often in association with the role of a religious official or devotee. In its narrow sense, the term celibacy is applied only to those for whom the unmarried state is the result of a sacred vow, act of renunciation, or religious conviction. In a wider sense, it is commonly understood to only mean abstinence from sexual activity.Celibacy has existed in one form or another throughout history, in virtually all the major religions of the world, and views on it have varied. Similarly, the Romans viewed it as an aberration and legislated fiscal penalties against it, with the sole exception granted to the Vestal Virgins. Protestantism saw a reversal of this trend in the West and the Eastern Orthodox Church never adopted it. The Islamic attitudes toward celibacy have been complex as well; Some Hadiths claimed that Muhammad denounced, but some Sufi ord |