cælibacy

A form of celibacy — Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.

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nouncælibacy (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableArchaic spelling of celibacy.

    Beſides there is an aukward kind of baſhfulneſs inherent in an old collegian, which makes him ſhudder even at the ſight of a petticoat, and often condems him, during life, to an irkſome ſtate of cælibacy.

    1750, “The Female Student”, The Student, or, The Oxford and Cambridge monthly miscellany, page 188
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