Cælibacy

Full definition of cælibacy

Noun

1. Archaic spelling of celibacy
• 1750, “The Female Student”, The Student, or, The Oxford and Cambridge monthly miscellany, page 188:BeÅ¿ides there is an aukward kind of baÅ¿hfulneÅ¿s inherent in an old collegian, which makes him Å¿hudder even at the Å¿ight of a petticoat, and often condems him, during life, to an irkÅ¿ome Å¿tate of cælibacy.