celibacy

Preposition: of

• clergy: To complicate matters more, several of his Reformed friends had still one foot in Rome and believed in the celibacy of the clergy.

Converse of object

• enforce: The Archbishop endeavors from time to time to enforce clerical celibacy, which is apparently not observed by some of his suffragan bishops.
• demand: Nevertheless the Church still demands celibacy for all unmarried people.
• include: These include celibacy, delayed marriage, contraception and abortion.
• embrace: For apostolic motives, some lay men and women embrace celibacy as a gift from God.
• choose: Sex was a huge taboo for the church, which chose celibacy for its priests.
• consider: She is seriously considering celibacy and thinks that the nuns might be able to advise her how to go about it.

Preposition: for

• priest: Semiramis promoted baby sacrifices and celibacy for priests, foreshadowing Roman Catholicism.
• sake: Iâve been thinking about the film since, because it was about celibacy for the sake of a higher cause, almost.

Adjective modifier

• priestly: But I can say what value priestly celibacy has for me and my family.
• clerical: A second questionable area touches that central subject of moral reform: clerical celibacy.
• mandatory: The problem with a mandatory celibacy seems to me to be coercion.
• lifelong: Therefore, for some, to consider marriage was to pursue a welcome alternative to the probability of lifelong celibacy.
• strict: They may indulge in sexual orgies or lead ascetic lives of strict celibacy.
• absolute: The tradition sees absolute celibacy as essential to the monastic lifestyle.