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- adverb In a
celibate way.
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Examples
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Those who live celibately and those who have a relationship – are married, Hoogmartens told VRT radio.
Belgian Bishops Want Debate On Priest Celibacy After Abuse Scandal 2010
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Those who live celibately and those who have a relationship – are married, Hoogmartens told VRT radio.
Belgian Bishops Want Debate On Priest Celibacy After Abuse Scandal 2010
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That might require living celibately, learning to deflect sexual impulses or framing a life of struggle as an opportunity to grow closer to God.
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For many years, Dr. Throckmorton felt he was breaking a professional taboo by telling his clients they could construct satisfying lives by, in effect, shunting their sexuality to the side, even if that meant living celibately.
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I'm thinking the two icons of extreme could, in their struggle for foolish publicity and fame, join celibately together and soak the lime-light for all it's worth.
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What can a man and woman who planned to live celibately say to married couples today?
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Perhaps it would be best in such shows to ditch relationships entirely, making the heroine into a female James Bond who uses and discards men or a female gunslinger type who lives celibately, but each of those has problems of its own.
Good News, Bad News Abigail Nussbaum 2006
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Choosing sexual activity, before marriage, with a range of partners, can be healthy or not, just as living celibately can be healthy or not.
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Choosing sexual activity, before marriage, with a range of partners, can be healthy or not, just as living celibately can be healthy or not.
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Even more hilarious are the remarkable insights from the “feminist philosopher”, including this gem: “Choosing sexual activity, before marriage, with a range of partners, can be healthy or not, just as living celibately can be healthy or not.
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