Obs. [f. Gr. ἄγαμ-ος unmarried (see AGAMOUS) + -IST.] A professed celibate; one who opposes the institution of matrimony.
1553–87. Foxe, A. & M., 1768 (R.). To exhort in like maner these agamistes and wilfull rejecters of matrimony.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Agamist, he that is unmarryed. [Not in J.]
