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    Celibate describes a person who is not married and does not have sex, especially because of religious belief. You can use it as an adjective (“a celibate priest”) or as a noun (“he is a celibate”). Celibacy is the state; celibate is the person, or the kind of life. Though actually, some people now say celibate for anyone who is not having sex, even with no religion in it. The older, stronger meaning is the religious one. The word probably comes from the noun celibacy, on the same pattern as privacy / private, or from Latin caelebs (“”) + -ate. It has nothing to do with celebrate.

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組成Probably from celibacy, on the model of privacy / private; or from Latin caelebs (“unmarried”) + -ate. The noun is from Latin caelebs + -ate.

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

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celibateadj詞源 1/ˈsɛləbət/

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    Not married.

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    Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.

    • Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.
    • Juanita went celibate for a while and then started going out with Da5id and eventually got married to him.

celibatenoun詞源 2/ˈsɛləbət/

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    One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.

    • Even during the ages that priestly marriage was permitted, celibates obtained a higher reputation for sanctity and virtue than married priests, who infinitely more than celibates were believed subject to infestation by demons.

celibateverb詞源 3/ˈsɛləbət/

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    rareTo practice celibacy.

    • However, be that as it may, Stason celebrated with the boys while Hessel celibated alone.
    • These kids were winding up 45 years and 4 days of celebrating. Me? I'm winding up seven years of celibating looking for a patient virgin.

celibatenoun詞源 4/ˈsɛləbət/

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    obsoleteA celibate state; celibacy.

    • He […] preferreth holy Cœlibate before the eſtate of Marriage, […]
    • And Mrs Gorman had had several admirers, both before and after Mr Gorman, and even during Mr Gorman, and Watt at least two well defined romances, in the course of his celibate.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。