English-Thai Dictionary

celibacy

N การ ละเว้น จาก การ ร่วมเพศ  chastity sexual abstention kan-la-wen-jak-kan-ruam-phed

 

celibacy

N การ เป็นโสด  kan-pen-sod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CELIBACY

n.An unmarried state; a single life. It is most frequently if not always applied to males, or to a voluntary single life. They look on celibacy as an accursed state.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CELIBACY

Ce *lib "a *cy, n. Etym: [See Celibate, n.]

 

Defn: The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy. " Hallom.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

celibacy

cel i ba cy |ˈseləbəsē ˈselɪbəsi | ▶noun the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations: his brother's priestly vow of celibacy.

 

Oxford Dictionary

celibacy

celibacy |ˈsɛlɪbəsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations: a priest who had taken a vow of celibacy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

celibacy

celibacy noun a priest who had taken a vow of celibacy: chastity, virginity, maidenhood, maidenhead, abstinence, self-denial, self-restraint, abnegation, asceticism; the unmarried state, singleness, bachelorhood, spinsterhood; monkhood, nunhood, monasticism; rare single blessedness, continence. ANTONYMS marriage; sex.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

celibacy

cel i ba cy /séləbəsi /名詞 U (特に宗教的な誓いによる )独身 [禁欲 ] (状態 ).