cælibate

English

Adjective

cælibate (not comparable)

  1. Archaic spelling of celibate.
    • 1664, “Curtezan unmasked”, in The:
      "That although to live a single life is not totally repugnant to Humane Nature, yet it is repugnant to the Nature of most Men; Because a single life and cælibate are onely fitted for the most excellent Minds, and such as are refined from the dross of impure concupiscence."
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