Crossword-Solution: CELIBACY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Celibacy | n. | The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “CELIBACY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Congress is not allowed in it | 1 answer |
| Nun's habit? | 1 answer |
| Obstructor of congress? | 1 answer |
| The single life. | 1 answer |
| The unmarried state. | 1 answer |
| What a nun practices | 1 answer |
| single life | 1 answer |
| Bachelor's button | 2 answers |
| unmarried state | 2 answers |
| AN UNMARRIED STATUS | 11 answers |
| chastity | 14 answers |
| Abstention | 20 answers |
| Abstainer | 35 answers |
| virginity | 42 answers |
| abstinence | 51 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with CELIBACY (5)
This latter step, however, there was no present prospect that Arthur Dimmesdale would be prevailed upon to take; he rejected all suggestions of the kind, as if priestly celibacy were one of his articles of Church discipline.
Has not Christianity declaimed against private property, against marriage, against the State? Has it not preached in the place of these, charity and poverty, celibacy and mortification of the flesh, monastic life and Mother Church? Christian Socialism is but the holy water with which the priest consecrates the heart-burnings of the aristocrat.
Therefore we are unwilling to assent to their abominable celibacy, nor will we [even] tolerate it, but we wish to have marriage free as God has instituted [and ordained] it, and we wish neither to rescind nor hinder His work; for Paul says, 1 Tim.
But while the commandment of God is in force, while the custom of the Church is well known, while impure celibacy causes many scandals, adulteries, and other crimes deserving the punishments of just magistrates, yet it is a marvelous thing that in nothing is more cruelty exercised than against the marriage of priests.
But I love the gold and the silk which clothe the priest of Rome, and his celibacy, and the confessional, and purgatory: and in the darkness of an Italian cathedral, incense-laden and mysterious, I believe with all my heart in the miracle of the Mass.
Quotes with CELIBACY (3)
Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
The refusal to take part in all war under any conditions is an unworldly view bound to remain a sectarian doctrine. It no more challenges the state's authority than the celibacy of priests challenges the sanctity of marriage.
It is the fate of great achievements, born from a way of life that sets truth before security, to be gobbled up by you and excreted in the form of shit. For centuries great, brave, lonely men have been telling you what to do. Time and again you have corrupted, diminished and demolished their teachings; time and again you have been captivated by their weakest points, taken not the great truth, but some trifling error as your guiding principal. This, little man, is what you hav…
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Appears in: NY Sun, NYT, Universal.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1953–2024).