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Clerical celibacy — Edexcel GCSE History Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE History · key term

Clerical celibacy

Definition

The requirement that priests remain unmarried and abstain from sexual relations.

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Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

Paper 2

Priests could not marry: clerical celibacy remained compulsory.
Revise: Opposition to the Reformation

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