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Antonyms for celibates

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sel-uh-bit, -beyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛl ə bɪt, -ˌbeɪt

Definition of celibates

Origin :
  • 1610s, "state of celibacy" (especially as mandated to clergy in the Catholic church) from French célibat (16c.), from Latin caelibatus (see celibacy). This was the only sense until earl 19c. The adjective meaning "unmarried, sworn to remain single" is recorded from 1825. As a noun, one who is sworn to such a condition, from 1838.
  • As in bachelor : noun unmarried man or woman
  • As in cenobite : noun monastic
  • As in virgin : noun person who has not had sex
Example sentences :
  • Among the Greeks, celibates were punished, and among the Romans they were taxed heavily.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • "This must have been the curriculum for their celibates," we may fancy him concluding.
  • Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various
  • The chastest persons have been, and are, not the virgins and celibates, but the married.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • Lombroso gives a long list of the men of genius who were celibates.
  • Extract from : « Religion and Lust » by James Weir
  • They are celibates, and live on the contributions of their churches.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • All are celibates, and most of them are cenobites, not anchorites.
  • Extract from : « The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, December 1879 » by Various
  • Celibates, whether priests or laymen, are not exempted from this primal curse.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • They are found mainly in large towns, and are not celibates.
  • Extract from : « The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. I (of 2) » by W. Crooke
  • Where do you wish that our mass of celibates should sow their wild oats?
  • Extract from : « The Physiology of Marriage, Complete » by Honore de Balzac
  • It renders the Royal Family invisible as long as they are celibates.
  • Extract from : « The Mysteries of All Nations » by James Grant

Synonyms for celibates

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