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# celibacy

«celibacy» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of not marrying and not having a husband or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «celibacy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celibacy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.