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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
- Leave them to discuss whether "Love", or patriotism, or celibacy, or candles on altars, or teetotalism, or education, are "good" or "bad".Chapter 19 (63% in)
There are no more uses of "celibate" in The Screwtape Letters.
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