CONTINENT

• (noun) the European mainland

  "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"

• (noun) one of the large landmasses of the earth

  "there are seven continents", "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"

• (adj.) having control over urination and defecation

• (adj.) abstaining from sexual intercourse

  "celibate priests"

  synonyms : celibate

  In most of the congregations, priesthood can be chosen only by unmarried or celibate men. -added by Aswathy_inlas

  celebrities usually celibate in order to be slim. -added by harsha999

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