celibates
- plural of celibate.
Example Sentences
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He was slight, smooth-skinned, shy-mannered, and wore the gold chain of a Foreteller, one of the Celibates, “I’m a friend of one who befriended you,” he said, with the brusqueness of the timid.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Celibates, according to his opinion, were the same as phacocytes, their function being to help the weak and the sickly particles of the organism.
From Resurrection by Maude, Louise Shanks
That is what George Moore has done in "Celibates" and that is why I say he is an artist.
From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)
Looking back over the twenty years since "Celibates" was first published I find that the George Moore of the earlier year is the George Moore of to-day.
From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)
Knowing these "Celibates," we welcome the more gladly those who, even if less gifted, are ready to walk with us, hand in hand, along the common human highway of the "pilgrim's progress."
From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)
