Ce*lib"a*tist (?), n. One who lives unmarried. [R.]

Cel`i*dog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?; stain, spot + -graphy: cf. F. cÚlidographie.] A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.

Cell (?), n. [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall.] 1. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

The heroic confessor in his cell.

Macaulay.

2. A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. "Cells or dependent priories." Milman.

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