Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Celibacy \Ce*lib"a*cy\, n. [See {Celibate}, n.]
   The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a
   bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. ``The
   celibacy of the clergy.'' --Hallom.

Source : WordNet®

celibacy
     n 1: an unmarried status
     2: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious
        vows) [syn: {chastity}, {sexual abstention}]