celibacy

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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

Even though Febos’ wife, poet Donika Kelly, who Febos met after her period of celibacy concluded, appears briefly at the end of the book, Febos resisted having her there at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

Additionally, online users said that the ads emphasized the very reasons why their celibacy was important to them.

From Salon • May 15, 2024

He spoke to Abra of the necessity for abstinence and decided that he would live a life of celibacy.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck