celibate

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

not-comparable obsolete broadly

(obsolete) Not married. / (by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.

Japanese Meaning

（古い意味）結婚していない、未婚の状態。 / （派生的な意味）性的な関係や快楽を控える、禁欲的な状態・生活。

He was recorded as celibate in the parish register, a now-obsolete term indicating he had never married.

彼は教区の記録に未婚と記録されており、それはかつて結婚していないことを示す廃れた表現だった。

Sense（1）

(obsolete) Not married.

Sense（2）

(by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.

Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.