be celibate

Synonyms

bachelor party

Antonyms

shag conjugate copulate fornicate have sex sleep with
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Examples

He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split. Mimi Rogers

It's impossible,” he snapped. "Why?” "Because I'm Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I can't be celibate. Everyone knows that. Lisa Kleypas

In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches. In those Churches, the priests can be married, but the bishops have to be celibate. They are very good priests. Pope Francis

Words in the phrase

be celibate

Close letter words and terms

be caught with pants down be cautious of be celebrated be certain be certain about be certain about something