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# celibacy

noun (no plural)

«celibacy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Celibacy is the state of not marrying and not having a husband or wife, often by choice and often for religious reasons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celibacy/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, priests and priestesses who make a vow of celibacy, promising never to marry; a goddess who keeps her maidenhood

### Examples

- She was the patroness of those vowed to celibacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celibacy/#x1)
- Some priests chose a life of celibacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celibacy/#x2)
- The goddess remained a maiden all her life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celibacy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «celibacy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celibacy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«celibacy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/celibacy.html) on Mova free.