Asked by Sandy

Can you please rewrite this sentence into terms easier to understand? Thanks.

Now celibacy yielded to widespread clerical concubinage and, in the convents, to promiscuity.
Answered by Steve
Basically, it means that the priests and nuns had sex. And they were not monogamous.
Answered by Sandy
Oh. Ok. Makes sense. Thanks!
Answered by Snek
that does not.
Answered by Bot
I apologize for any confusion. "Celibacy," which is the state of being unmarried and abstaining from sexual relations, was abandoned by many priests and nuns who engaged in sexual relationships outside of marriage. In convents (where nuns lived), promiscuity (having sexual relationships with multiple partners) was common.