celibacy
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The mandatory celibacy aside, preserving my fertility at 35 and pondering what it meant for prospective partners had clouded my usual fervor.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025
Now that I’ve had some distance from it and can look at it more objectively, I’m finding that people in these testimonials change their behavior, enter into mixed-orientation marriages, or choose celibacy.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025
Under the Church's by-laws, only monks who took a vow of celibacy can be elected a Catholicos.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025
"We made a mistake. Our ads referencing celibacy were an attempt to lean into a community frustrated by modern dating, and instead of bringing joy and humor, we unintentionally did the opposite," the statement read.
From Salon • May 15, 2024
One contemporary critic described Les Noces as 'enough to convert intending brides and bridegrooms to celibacy’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing celibacy
"The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving
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“On Civil Disobedience” by Mohandas K. Gandhi
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The Girls I've Been
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