Celibacy literally means "not married" and it used to be assumed that this was synonymous with "chaste", so it's all deeply ironic.

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oops! sorry for my lacking knowledge. it’s a common occurrence on my page.

No, most people use it like you did, now. I'm just saying what the Latin root was.

ah, thank you for the clarification, and the new teaching :))