In English history, a person whose religious practices conformed with the requirements of the Act of Uniformity and who was therefore in concert with the established Church of England, as opposed to those of the Nonconformists, whose practices were not acceptable to the Church of England.
One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
Not married.
Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
To practice celibacy