Defn: See Coellac.
CELIBACY
Ce*lib"a*cy, n. Etym: [See Celibate, n.]
Defn: The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." Hallom.
CELIBATE
Cel"i*bate, n. Etym: [L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried, single.]
1. Celibate state; celibacy. [Obs.] He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige. Jer. Taylor.
2. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.
CELIBATE
Cel"i*bate, a.
Defn: Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
CELIBATIST
Ce*lib"a*tist, n.
Defn: One who lives unmarried. [R.]