celibacy
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The ecstasies of attraction are sublimated into their long conversations about Boethius and Hildegard von Bingen, or about the suddenly debatable issues of contraception and clerical celibacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
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
The ads seem to be addressing a growing cultural dating trend where people, mostly young women, are engaging in voluntary celibacy, citing disillusionment with online dating and hookup culture.
From Salon • May 15, 2024
He saw him through his travail of celibacy and felt that he was guiding him into calm waters.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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