All 4 Uses of
celibate
in
Death Comes for the Archbishop
- During supper, his host asked the Bishop flatly if he considered celibacy an essential condition of the priest's vocation.†
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- Celibacy may be all very well for the French clergy, but not for ours.†
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- Celibate priests lose their perceptions.†
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- Father MartÃnez printed a long and eloquent Proclamation (which very few of his parishioners could read) giving an historical justification for his schism, and denying the obligation of celibacy for the priesthood.†
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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