celibate in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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celibate in the PONS Dictionary

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The bishops are elected from among those celibate priests who have achieved the rank of archimandrite.
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Bishops are elected from among those clergy who have chosen, usually by taking monastic vows, to remain celibate, or from widowed clergy.
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It should be up to priests to decide whether they want to live a celibate life.
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Those who signed the covenant had to confess their sins, consecrate their property and their labor to the society, and live celibate.
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He had stayed as a celibate with his teacher for twelve long strenuous years without being certified as a graduate.
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As often as not, this category of person sensibly opted for a celibate existence.
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While celibate, the community also welcomed believing families; they lived nearby and participated in joint worship.
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Bishops are still celibate and normally chosen from the ranks of monks.
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It has been brought out that the celibate nuns provided the agricultural and animal husbandry labour, free of any payments from the monastery.
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That night two angels appeared to him as he slept and strengthened his determination to remain celibate.
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