[Dionysiusdecordealcis]

friendly amendment: "provided they took up continence" (sexual abstinence within marriage) rather than "took up celibacy" (a married man cannot be celibate, since celibate = not married, but he can be continent, abstinent).

[A.A. Cunningham]

One can indeed be married and celibate within said marriage.

cel·i·ba·cy
Pronunciation: 'se-l&-b&-sE
Function: noun
1 : the state of not being married
2 a : abstention from sexual intercourse b : abstention by vow from marriage

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Question: if a man and wife seperate, the wife going to live in the convent, and he as a priest in a rectory, is he considered celibate?