Both Uses of
celibate
in
Dubliners
- He remembered well, with the curious patient memory of the celibate, the first casual caresses her dress, her breath, her fingers had given him.†
Chpt 7 *
- The instinct of the celibate warned him to hold back.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(celibate) abstaining from (i.e., never having) sexual intercourse
or:
an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity