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51virginity — n 1. chastity, chasteness, virtue, virtu ousness, goodness; innocence, innocency, modesty, Rare. pudicity; purity, pureness, untouchedness, uncorruptedness; freshness, cleanness, spotlessness, stainlessness, immaculateness, immaculacy. 2.… …
52celibacy — /ˈsɛləbəsi / (say seluhbuhsee) noun (plural celibacies) 1. the unmarried state. 2. (of priests, etc.) abstention by vow from marriage. 3. abstention from sexual intercourse; chastity. {celiba(te) + cy} …
53single — /ˈsɪŋgəl / (say singguhl) adjective 1. one only; separate; individual. 2. of or relating to one person, family, etc.: a single room. 3. alone; solitary. 4. without a spouse or permanent partner: *It s the luxury of idiosyncrasy, really, that s… …
54celibacy — celibate ► ADJECTIVE 1) abstaining from marriage and sexual relations for religious reasons. 2) having or involving no sexual relations. ► NOUN ▪ a person who is celibate. DERIVATIVES celibacy noun. ORIGIN from Latin caelibatus unmarried state …
55celibate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) abstaining from marriage and sexual relations for religious reasons. 2) having or involving no sexual relations. ► NOUN ▪ a person who is celibate. DERIVATIVES celibacy noun. ORIGIN from Latin caelibatus unmarried state …
56cel|i|ba|cy — «SEHL uh buh see», noun, plural cies. 1. the unmarried state; single life: »Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures (Samuel Johnson). 2. abstention from marriage by a vow: »The celibacy of priests was introduced into the English… …
57Clerical celibacy — is the discipline by which some or all members of the clergy in certain religions are required to be unmarried. Since these religions consider deliberate sexual thoughts, feelings, and behavior outside of marriage to be sinful, clerical celibacy… …
58Federal Marriage Amendment — The Federal Marriage Amendment H.J. Res. 56 (FMA) (also referred to by proponents as the Marriage Protection Amendment) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would have limited marriage in the United States to unions of …
59WOMAN — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the historical perspective biblical period marriage and children women in household life economic roles educational and managerial roles religious roles women outside the household… …
60Common-law marriage — Family law Entering into marria …
