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Coelebs (caelebs) is Latin for "unmarried" or "bachelor"; in a marriage or burial entry it marks a man who had never married.
Coelebs, also spelled caelebs, means unmarried and is usually used of a man. A marriage entry that calls the groom coelebs tells you it was his first marriage.
In a burial entry coelebs tells you there will be no widow and probably no children, so you can stop searching for them.
As seen in a recordMarriage entry in a Catholic parish register
Joannes Miller, coelebs, et Maria Weber copulati sunt
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Daily Ancestor. "coelebs." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/latin/coelebs. Last checked 2026-10-01.