Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, n.
1. An inhabitant of heaven. --Pope.
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2. A native of China; a Chinaman; a Chinese. [Colloq.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L.
caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See Cell.]
1. Belonging to the a["e]rial regions, or visible heavens.
"The twelve celestial signs." --Shak.
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2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly;
divine. "Celestial spirits." "Celestial light," --Milton.
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3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or
Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
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Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. --Bunyan.
Celestial empire, China; -- so called from the Chinese
words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom
ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven. --S. W.
Williams.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
celestial
adj 1: of or relating to the sky; "celestial map"; "a heavenly
body" [syn: heavenly]
2: relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven; "celestial
beings"; "heavenly hosts" [syn: heavenly]
3: of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal
melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" [syn:
ethereal, supernal]
WordNet (r) 2.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "celestial":
Elysian, Olympian, astral, astronomical, beatific, blessed, divine,
elysian, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, godly, heavenly, immortal,
otherworldly, paradisaic, spiritual, sublime, supernal,
supernatural, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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