[TWohlford]

Since “celibate” really means “Not married” (not “doesn’t have sex”) this is a totally non-sensical thing.

In addition, it was my understanding that Anglicans who came to the RC church were allowed to stay married, and (presumably) fulfilled their vows of physical relations, a vow made very explicitly in the RC vows. What changed?

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

celibate
–noun
1. a person who abstains from sexual relations.
2. a person who remains unmarried, esp. for religious reasons.

–adjective
3. observing or pertaining to sexual abstention or a religious vow not to marry.
4. not married.

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Origin:
1605–15

celibate
n.
One who abstains from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows.

One who is unmarried.

adj.
Abstaining from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows.

Unmarried; unwed.

Usage Note: Historically, celibate means only "unmarried"; its use to mean "abstaining from sexual intercourse" is a 20th-century development. But the new sense of the word seems to have displaced the old, and the use of celibate to mean "unmarried" is now almost sure to invite misinterpretation in other than narrowly ecclesiastical contexts. Sixty-eight percent of the Usage Panel rejected the older use in the sentence He remained celibate [unmarried], although he engaged in sexual intercourse.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Since “celibate” really means “Not married” (not “doesn’t have sex”) this is a totally non-sensical thing.

Incorrect. Invest in a dictionary.

[narses]

TWohlford says:

Since “celibate” really means “Not married” (not “doesn’t have sex”) this is a totally non-sensical thing.

If your premise was valid your claim would be correct.

...celibacy is by definition a freely chosen state of being unmarried and practising sexual abstinence.

Even Wikipedia disagrees.

Q.E.D.