Cælibate

Full definition of cælibate

Adjective

1. Archaic spelling of celibate

Noun

1. Archaic spelling of celibate
• 1664, The Curtezan unmasked:"That although to live a single life is not totally repugnant to Humane Nature, yet it is repugnant to the Nature of most Men; Because a single life and cælibate are onely fitted for the most excellent Minds, and such as are refined from the dross of impure concupiscence."