Supernal

3 definitions found

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

  Supernal \Su*per"nal\, a. [L. supernus, from super above: cf. F.
     supernel. See {Super-}.]
     1. Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the
        supernal orbs; supernal regions. "That supernal judge."
        --Shak.
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     2. Relating or belonging to things above; celestial;
        heavenly; as, supernal grace.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Not by the sufferance of supernal power. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supernal
       adj 1: being or coming from on high; "interpret the plague as a
              visitation from heaven, a supernal punishment for the
              sins of men" [ant: {infernal}]
       2: of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal
          melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" [syn:
           {celestial}, {ethereal}]

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

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "supernal":
     Elysian, Olympian, aerial, airy, altitudinous, ascending, aspiring,
     beatific, beatified, blessed, celestial, colossal, dominating,
     elevated, eminent, ethereal, exalted, extramundane,
     extraterrestrial, from on high, glorified, haughty, heavenly, high,
     high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, in glory, lofty,
     monumental, mounting, otherworldly, outtopping, overlooking,
     overtopping, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisic,
     prominent, soaring, spiring, steep, sublime, superlative, topless,
     toplofty, topping, towering, towery, transcendental, transmundane,
     unearthly, unworldly, uplifted, upreared