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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

... Here on the Island of Pentecost, in the New Hebrides, was a Celestial washing clothes on the beach as much at home as though he were in Tacoma or Cooktown. The Member's "My oath!" Skye Terryer's "Ah!" and the Captain's chuckle were as weighty with importance as though the whole question of Chinese immigration ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... (sometimes altered, I think) and notes connected exclusively with astrology. There was, if I remember rightly, a frontispiece representing some of the characters, their heads, arms, bodies, and legs being dotted over with stars, as seen in a celestial globe. It was published about the year 1826, and was evidently not the first play of Shakspeare published under similar circumstances; for I recollect that when Brabantio first appears at the window, a note informs ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 • Various

... shadow-filled valleys roused him. In the sky a lake was forming, the very image and likeness of the lake under the hill. One glittered like silver, the other like gold, and so wonderful was this celestial lake that he began to think of immortals, of an assembly of goddesses waiting for their gods, or a goddess waiting on an island for some mortal, sending bird messengers to him. A sort of pagan enchantment was put upon ...

— The Lake • George Moore

... Mr. Wyse quite clearly pointed to some celestial object, moon or star, and they both gazed at it. The sight of two such middle-aged people behaving like this made Miss Mapp feel quite sick, but she heroically continued a moment more at her post. Her heroism was rewarded, for immediately after ...

— Miss Mapp • Edward Frederic Benson

... Highness as a Colonel of the Guards, as the Grand Master of Freemasons, or even, at a pinch, as a King's Counsel, they felt while in their earthly flesh some trepidation in offering hospitality to a Brother of the Trinity—a celestial office which, the President understood, the Prince had accepted prior ...

— Westward with the Prince of Wales • W. Douglas Newton

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