Helen Fenton

Celibacy: Definition and part of speech

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Celibacy

  1. n. The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Celibate: Definition and part of speech

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Celibate

  1. a. Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
  2. n. Celibate state; celibacy.
  3. n. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cell: Definition and part of speech

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Cell

  1. n. One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.
  2. n. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
  3. n. A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
  4. n. Any small cavity, or hollow place.
  5. n. The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
  6. n. Same as Cella.
  7. n. A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cella: Definition and part of speech

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Cella

  1. n. The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cellar: Definition and part of speech

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Cellar

  1. n. A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.