 
		
		Definition of celibate:
		
		
		(adj) :
		
		not married; 
unmarried.  Sometimes confused with 
chaste (pure) and sexually 
abstinent (abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures).  Members of religious communities sometimes take 
vows to remain 
celibate, since the community is their family
		
 
			
	
		
		
		(n) :
		
		person who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community