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Celibate meaning
Not married. | Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
Synonyms of Celibate
Example sentences (20)
Currently in North America, there are both celibate and non-celibate clergy in a variety of Buddhist traditions from around the world.
I don’t really want to spend the next four years of my life celibate, but I am going to prioritize completing my program.
In Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, for example, where we all believe in the same God, we also all tend to conceptualize that God as male, celibate, and frowning most of the time.
Speaking during an Instagram live session with fans, Megan noted that part of the reasons she is going celibate, was because “it’s like nobody is listening to my music.
Usually they were innocuous, but one 2020 book — in which Benedict defended the celibate priesthood at a time when Francis was considering an exception — sparked demands for future "popes emeritus" to keep quiet.
Verity says she 'thoroughly enjoyed sex' before going celibate - but after too much 'non-committed fun', she decided to give it all up.
Speaking on the Big Fish podcast with Spencer Matthews, Christine stated it wasn't a "choice" to be celibate, adding: "It’s just where I am at in my life right now: I want to focus on me.
The show could also feature people who have previously decided to be celibate for religious reasons.
While affection alongside a strong decision to be with you at all costs could make this goal possible for such man, it is usually more difficult for sexually-active men to date celibate women without hitches.
The 29-year-old singer previously revealed she was celibate for 10 months whilst recording 'Good To Know' but that didn't stop the idea of love and intimacy from having a heavy influence on what she was writing about.
Well, then stop denying priests God's blessings and stop the stupid celibate priests thing.
And it has been an online home for “incels,” men who lament being “involuntarily celibate,” and other fringe movements.
However, it is believed that Lord Ayyappa, who is worshipped in the temple, is a Nashtika Bramahachari or a celibate for life, and hence women belonging to the menstruating age were traditionally not allowed.
Many online self-harmers set up anonymous accounts to bully themselves, a practice which among the “” (involuntarily celibate) community is known as “blackpilling”.
One of the proposals the synod will consider is a change to the Catholic church’s centuries-old requirement that priests must be celibate in order to allow the ordination of married men in remote areas of the Amazon.
Reflecting trends in the modern world, the word "incel" - involuntary celibate - has made the new list, as have "antivaxxer" and "dox", meaning to share someone's personal information online.
She reiterated that she is still celibate and would not have sex on the show.
The Celibate Rifles styled their name as a pun on the Sex Pistols.
You may have heard of the Shakers, a celibate sect known for their furniture and ecstatic dancing, if not their food.
Following this, the traditions and pujas have been arranged viewing the deity as Ayyappa, a solemn celibate (Naishtika Brahmachari) who had immerged in Dharma Sastha, Mr. Nair said.