/sel"euh bit, -bayt'/ , n.
1. a person who abstains from sexual relations.
2. a person who remains unmarried, esp. for religious reasons.
adj.
3. observing or pertaining to sexual abstention or a religious vow not to marry.
4. not married.
[ 1605-15; caelib- (s. of caelebs ) unmarried + -ATE 1 ]