Celestial
[sɪ'lestɪəl] or [sə'lɛstʃəl]
Definition
(adj.) of heaven or the spirit; 'celestial peace'; 'ethereal melodies'; 'the supernal happiness of a quiet death' .
(adj.) relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven; 'celestial beings'; 'heavenly hosts' .
(adj.) of or relating to the sky; 'celestial map'; 'a heavenly body' .
Edited by Bridget--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.
(n.) An inhabitant of heaven.
(n.) A native of China.
Typist: Manfred
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of the firmament, of the visible heavens.[2]. Heavenly, supernal, angelic, seraphic, godlike.
Typist: Millie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Heavenly, ethereal, atmospheric, supernal, angelic, radiant, eternal, immortal,seraphic, divine, godlike, elysian
ANT:Earthly, terrestrial, terrene, sublunary, human, mortal, hellish, infernal
Edited by Benson
Definition
adj. heavenly: dwelling in heaven: in the visible heavens.—n. an inhabitant of heaven.—adv. Celest′ially.—The Celestial Empire a name for China.
Inputed by Betty
Examples
- It may be rendered into English thus: May your celestial majesty outlive the sun, eleven moons and a half! Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- These brooches and these rings, of a beauty so gracious and celestial, were what one called, with the permission of Monsieur, nuptial gifts. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Above the figure was nothing that could be mapped elsewhere than on a celestial globe. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This marked a preconcerted moment--for the remote celestial phenomenon had been pressed into sublunary service as a lover's signal. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But the same hand which has cast the celestial spheres in space, has traced their course in the heavens, and does not allow them to wander at random to disturb and destroy each other. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I shall have to do a deal of traveling before I come in sight of your Celestial City. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward Egdon. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- With its concavity toward the southern sky it was closely comparable, though reverse, to the celestial meridian throughout its length from horizon to zenith. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- What is the best way, Thuvia, the shortest way out of this celestial Hades? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We were sufficiently disappointed--Yet we examined it with care, as if its blank, rocky walls could still bear trace of celestial visitant. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- As who should say, I devote him to the celestial Powers as an immortal artist! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She imagined distinctly she could hear the celestial, musical motion of the stars, quite near at hand. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She flitted through the rooms, like a good spirit, dispatched from the celestial kingdom, to illumine our dark hour with alien splendour. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The little citizen, not to be outdone, declared her to be a celestial witness. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Over his head is an automatic celestial globe invented by Tycho and constructed at his own expense in 1 590. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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