celibacy

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Deficiency of one kind or another, physical or mental, causing difficulty in getting an acceptable mate The persons in groups 4 and 5 certainly and in groups 1, 2, and 3 probably to a less extent, are inferior, and their celibacy is an advantage to the race, rather than a disadvantage, from a eugenic point of view.

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  1. noun Abstinence from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows.
  2. noun The condition of being unmarried.

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  • Nevertheless, the religion of England was still officially Catholic, mass was celebrated in Latin, celibacy enforced among the clergy, and those who rejected the doctrine of transubstantiation were still burned as heretics. —  TheChildrenof
  • And yet her aloneness, her loneliness, her celibacy were her own fault. —  Mary Balogh - Counterfeit Bethrotal
  • In Sexuality in the Confessional: A Sacrament Profaned, Stephen Haliczer places the current debate on sex, celibacy, and the Catholic Church in a historical context by drawing upon a wealth of actual case studies and trial evidence to document how, from 1530 to 1819, sexual transgression attended the heightened significance of the Sacrament of Penance. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • If you want to pursue a totally different path like celibacy, also great. —  Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog
  • While I have no idea if they honor their vow of celibacy, they commit to each other in every other aspect of their lives. —  National Catholic Reporter
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/ˈsɛlɪbəsi/
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