Celestial

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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