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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Celibacy

/sĕl'-əb-əs-ē/ · Ce·lib·a·cy · IPA /ˈsɛləbəsi/
01 n. The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.
  1. 1.
    The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.