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- noun Plural form of
celibate .
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Examples
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Once again, these perverted male "celibates" force their will on reproductive issues, ignoring the "render unto Caesar" admonition.
Bishop bars Patrick Kennedy from communion over abortion 2009
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Lesbian and gay celibates need intimate same-sex friendships; in the same way, straight men called to celibacy need warm and affirming relationships with women.
John Falcone: If Only The Hierarchs Would Listen And Learn John Falcone 2011
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Sullivan might want to note that this is also the practice of the Eastern Catholic Churches: In the Eastern Churches a different discipline has been in force for many centuries: while bishops are chosen solely from among celibates, married men can be ordained as deacons and priests.
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Lesbian and gay celibates need intimate same-sex friendships; in the same way, straight men called to celibacy need warm and affirming relationships with women.
John Falcone: If Only The Hierarchs Would Listen And Learn John Falcone 2011
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If all your good people are carnivorous and polyamorous, and all the bad ones are vegan celibates, we're going to catch on.
i should have read your letters kenscholes 2009
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Lesbian and gay celibates need intimate same-sex friendships; in the same way, straight men called to celibacy need warm and affirming relationships with women.
John Falcone: If Only The Hierarchs Would Listen And Learn John Falcone 2011
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They are a company of celibates, grinding harshly against one another and growing daily more calloused from the grinding.
Chapter 14 2010
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Lesbian and gay celibates need intimate same-sex friendships; in the same way, straight men called to celibacy need warm and affirming relationships with women.
John Falcone: If Only The Hierarchs Would Listen And Learn John Falcone 2011
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Roman Catholics overwhelmingly emphasize celibates who perform heroic deeds, sometimes sharing visions of the Blessed Virgin.
Bishop Pierre Whalon: Big Media Events And The Churches That Put Them On Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011
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She was 10 when they arrived at the isolated farmhouse in June 1843 and 11 when they left in January 1844, and she never forgot the weird assortment of vegetarians, socialists, fanatics, celibates and nudists who joined them in their failed experiment, or the disasters of near-starvation, sickness and paternal breakdown that she later satirized in "Transcendental Wild Oats" 1873.
Personal biography of Alcott explores subject by emphasizing role of beloved writer's father Elaine Showalter 2010
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