Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Celibate \Cel"i*bate\, n. [L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried,
   single.]
   1. Celibate state; celibacy. [Obs.]

            He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate
            of marrige.                           --Jer. Taylor.

   2. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by
      vows not to marry.

Celibate \Cel"i*bate\, a.
   Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.

Source : WordNet®

celibate
     adj : abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn:
            {continent}]
     n : an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of
         chastity