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adjective

Celestial adj.

1.

Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens. "The twelve celestial signs."

2.

Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. "Celestial spirits." "Celestial light,"

3.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.

Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem.

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.

noun

Celestial n.

1.

An inhabitant of heaven.

2.

A native of China; a Chinaman; a Chinese. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Celestial'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Celestial" Quotes from Famous Books

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— The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus • Tacitus

... yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe with 23 white five-pointed stars (one for each state) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order ...

— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... listlessly amazed at the breathless rapture and excitement it evoked here in this marvellous city of Al-Kyris, where everything seemed more strange and weird than the strangest dream! It was a story of the gods before the world was made,—of love deep buried in far eternities of light, . . of vast celestial shapes whose wanderings through the blue deep of space were tracked by the birth of stars and suns and wonder-spheres of beauty, . . a fanciful legend of transcendent heavenly passion, telling how all created worlds throbbed amorously in the purple seas of pure ether, and ...

— Ardath - The Story of a Dead Self • Marie Corelli

... aloud. But these doubtful subjects were counterbalanced by an equal number illustrative of the Pilgrim's Progress, beginning at the sofa-back with the Slough of Despond, going through the Wicket Gate, past fierce Giant Pope and up craggy Hills of Difficulty to a flaming Celestial City apparently being destroyed ...

— The Dew of Their Youth • S. R. Crockett

... brimming with celestial wine, Wine that hurts not head or stomach: this and fruits of heav'n ...

— Indian Poetry • Edwin Arnold

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