transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈselɪbɪt ]
adj. & n. --adj. 1 committed to abstention from sexual relations and from marriage, esp. for religious reasons. 2 abstaining from sexual relations. --n. a celibate person. øøcelibacy n. [F c÷libat or L caelibatus unmarried state f. caelebs -ibis unmarried]