celibate
adjective
[ ˈsɛlɪbət ]
• abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons.
• "a celibate priest"
celibate
noun
• a person who abstains from marriage and sexual relations.
• "he's attracted and attractive to women and yet he lives as a celibate"
Origin:
early 19th century (earlier (mid 17th century) as celibacy ): from French célibat or Latin caelibatus ‘unmarried state’ + -ate2.
