celibacy

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As Ann Lee, the founder of the Shaker movement that preached celibacy as a form of divine contact, Amanda Seyfried approaches a career-defining role with stunning nerve.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

Now that I’ve had some distance from it and can look at it more objectively, I’m finding that people in these testimonials change their behavior, enter into mixed-orientation marriages, or choose celibacy.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

Under the Church's by-laws, only monks who took a vow of celibacy can be elected a Catholicos.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

It’s unsurprising then that Febos discovered that nuns were some of the first women to find freedom in celibacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

But Taisin was going to be a sage, and sages made vows of celibacy.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo