Meaning of "coelebs"

Question

I am running into the term "coelebs" on a number of southern german 18th-century burial records. Any idea what that means?

Answer 1

It's latin for unmarried.

Comments

Thanks. Makes a lot of sense. I guess it is cognate with "celibate" etc.

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Yes. Should think so.

I actually found the translation in an explanation for the Latin name of the chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs :-)