Значення

значень: 2
  1. (незлічуване)One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.

    Unverheirateter, Unverheiratete, Junggeselle

    холостя́кxolostják, холосто́йxolostój, незаму́жняяnezamúžnjaja

    an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity

  2. (застаріле, незлічуване)A celibate state; celibacy.

Приклади

речень: 4
  1. Being celibate means that you may only do it with other celibates.

  2. The serpent-god's image is carried in an annual procession by a celibate priestess.

  3. Tom is celibate.

  4. Most Buddhist monks are celibate.

Русский
За значеннями 1
person who is not married:
Deutsch
За значеннями 1
person who is not married:

Походження

From Latin caelebs + -ate (noun-forming suffix) From French célibat (“celibacy”), from La

From Latin caelebs + -ate (noun-forming suffix)

From French célibat (“celibacy”), from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy”), from caelebs (“unmarried”); compare German Zölibat (“celibacy”). Equivalent to Latin caelebs + -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank, a state)

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