MARRIAGE – CELIBACY
(More On This Subject)
(In order by date):
A New English Dictionary, John Kersey, 1702, (no page numbers):
Translated: Celebacy, celebate, or single life.
A Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson, 1755, no page numbers, “Celibacy | Celibate”:
“Hindered” not halted.
Linguae Britannicae Vera Pronunciatio: Or, a New English Dictionary, James Buchanan, 1757, (no page numbers):
Translated: Celibacy, (S.) The state of a man or woman unmarried. L.
A Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, John Burn, 1786, p. 50:
Translated: Cel-i-ba-cy, n single life, unmarried state
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language, John Walker, 1791:
A Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, 1796, p. 44:
Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 1923, p. 353:
A Concise Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Earnest Weekley, 1924, p. 145:
An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, 1967, Earnest Weekley, Vol. 1, p. 271:
The New Home and Office Webster Dictionary, 1933, p. 173:
The Oxford English Dictionary, 1933:
Oxford Universal English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1937, vol. 2, p. 281, “Celiba…”:
Jarrolds’ Dictionary of Difficult Words, Hill, 1944, p. 86:
The New Century Dictionary of the English Language, Emery / Brewster, 1952, vol. 1, p. 227, “celibate”:
Short Dictionary of Classical Word Origins, Wedeck, 1957, p. 14:
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 1964, p. 192:
Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of the English Language: International Edition, 1966, p. 214:
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, Onions, 1966, p. 157, “celibacy”:
Larousse Illustrated International Encyclopedia and Dictionary, 1972, Part 2: Dictionary, p. 127:
The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, 1975, p. 131, “celibate”:
The Three-in-One Bible Reference Companion, 1982, p. 120, “CELIBACY”:
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Skeat, 1983, p. 99, “CELIBATE”:
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Partridge, 1983, p. 88, “celibacy, celibate”:
The New York Times Everyday Reader’s Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, and Mispronounced Words, Urdang, 1985, p. 44, “celibacy | celibate”:
Lateran Council:
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion, 1979, vol. ?, p. 2047, “LATERAN COUNCILS | Lateran II (1139)”:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09017a.htm (Catholic Encyclopedia), Second Lateran Council (1139):
Canons 6, 7, 11: Condemnation and repression of marriage and concubinage among priests, deacons, subdeacons, monks, and nuns.
Sexually active single clergymen:
The Oxford English Dictionary, 1989:
A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, Vol. 1, 1972, p. 1170, “f__k” 1.:
Oh really?