All 3 Uses of
celibate
in
1984, by Orwell
- He was a total abstainer and a nonsmoker, had no recreations except a daily hour in the gymnasium, and had taken a vow of celibacy, believing marriage and the care of a family to be incompatible with a twenty-four-hour-a-day devotion to duty.†
p. 47.5celibacy = the state of never having sexual intercourse
- There were even organizations such as the Junior Anti-Sex League, which advocated complete celibacy for both sexes.†
p. 65.9
- But even then he could have borne living with her if it had been agreed that they should remain celibate.†
p. 67.2 *celibate = never having sexual intercourse
Definition:
abstaining from (i.e., never having) sexual intercourse
or:
an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
or:
an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity