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celibacy [ˈselıbəsı] N

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Thus, in the discussions that took place, no distinction was made between clerical continence and clerical celibacy.
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Celibacy has generally been required of the clergy and of monks.
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A high value is placed on female chastity (not to be confused with celibacy).
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A desire to conserve this higher substances for esoteric use is said to be the original reason for religious celibacy.
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There is a suggestion that the institution of celibacy has created a morally superior status that is easily misapplied by abusive priests.
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You shall be granted three immortal crowns; one for your celibacy, another for your asceticism, and a third for your martyrdom.
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A mobile army might have been in state of forced celibacy but this was not possible or practical for soldiers in fixed frontier posts.
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If vomit after drinking it, they were found guilty and sentence to celibacy.
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A hundred years after his death, a letter apparently written by him, which opposed celibacy, and supported the marriage of priests, suddenly appeared.
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He refuses to break his vow of celibacy; the lady and her maidens threaten to throw themselves off the castle battlements.
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