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a vow of celibacy

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  • Celibacy of the Clergy — • The renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Celibacy of the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Celibacy — refers to the lack of participation in sexual intercourse. A vow of celibacy is a promise not to have sex and not to enter into marriage. The term involuntary celibacy has recently appeared to describe a chronic, unwilling state of celibacy.… …   Wikipedia

  • celibacy — celibatic /sel euh bat ik/, adj. /sel euh beuh see/, n. 1. abstention from sexual relations. 2. abstention by vow from marriage: the celibacy of priests. 3. the state of being unmarried. [1655 65; < L caeliba(tus) celibacy (caelib , s. of caelebs …   Universalium

  • vow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ solemn ▪ marriage, wedding ▪ monastic, religious, sacred ▪ final …   Collocations dictionary

  • vow — vow1 [vau] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: vou, from Latin votum; VOTE2] 1.) a serious promise →↑oath ▪ Jim made a vow that he would find his wife s killer. keep/break a vow (=to do or not do what you promised) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • vow — 01. After waking up one morning in the alley behind a bar, he [vowed] never to touch alcohol again. 02. The young boys all made a [vow] to keep the location of their clubhouse a secret. 03. The brother of the girl who was murdered [vowed] to take …   Grammatical examples in English

  • celibacy —    This word (from the Latin cælebs, meaning unmarried ) refers to the state of those who have voluntarily chosen to remain unmarried in order to devote their lives entirely to God and to the service of God s people. A vow of celibacy is… …   Glossary of theological terms

  • celibacy — cel|i|ba|cy [ selıbəsi ] noun uncount a state of not having sex for a period of time or never having sex: Their priests take a vow of celibacy (=promise to not have sex) …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • celibacy — UK [ˈselɪbəsɪ] / US noun [uncountable] a state of not having sex for a period of time, or never having sex Their priests take a vow of celibacy (= promise to not have sex) …   English dictionary

  • celibacy — [sel′ə bə sē] n. [< CELIBA(TE) + CY] 1. the state of being unmarried, esp. that of a person under a vow not to marry 2. complete sexual abstinence …   English World dictionary

  • celibacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Unmarried state Nouns 1. celibacy, singleness, single blessedness; bachelorhood, bachelorship, spinsterhood; misogamy, misogyny; virginity, pucelage, maidenhood; chastity, continence, sexual abstinence.… …   English dictionary for students

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