Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the sky or physical universe as understood in astronomy.
- adjective Of or relating to heaven; divine.
- adjective Supremely good; sublime.
- adjective Of or relating to the Chinese people or to the former Chinese Empire.
- noun A heavenly being; a god or angel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the sky or visible heaven: as, the celestial globe; “the twelve celestial signs,”
- Heavenly; belonging or relating to, or characteristic of, heaven; dwelling in heaven; hence, of superior excellence, delight, purity, etc.: as, a celestial being; celestial felicity.
- noun An inhabitant of heaven.
- noun [capitalized] A popular name for a native of China, the “Celestial Empire.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
- adjective heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem.
- adjective China; -- so called from the Chinese words,
tien chan , Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven. - noun An inhabitant of heaven.
- noun colloq. A native of China; a Chinaman; a Chinese.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to
heaven in a religious sense. - adjective Relating to the
sky orspace . - adjective Mormonism Of or pertaining to the highest
degree of glory . - noun An inhabitant of
heaven . - noun obsolete (sometimes
capitalized ) A native ofChina . - noun obsolete, slang by extension, an
East Asian person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
- adjective of heaven or the spirit
- adjective of or relating to the sky
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This is only the latest twist in the government's attempts to convict Mr. Jeffs on charges related to his leadership of a several-thousand member sect in which he arranges plural marriages and joins young girls and much-older men in what he calls "celestial marriages."
Polygamist Leader Fires Lawyers, Takes on Own Case Russell Gold 2011
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Optatianus Porphyrius mentions more than once the monogram of Christ, which he calls the celestial sign, in the panegyric of Constantine which he wrote in Latin verse, but not
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That is what we call the celestial nose, because it is always pointing skyward and serves as a perpetual interrogation point.
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It is not a question of the heavens which are separated by heaven "coming" to Earth, but what they described as celestial Earth being transposed into the crossbars. many heavens - the chiliocosm.
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Would that be Santa in celestial .... not so good, right?
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The waterproof unit takes three AA batteries and has built-in celestial tables.
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On the macroscopic scale, for most problems in celestial mechanics, Newtons theory of gravity, supplemented by treating relativistic effects as a small (very small) perturbation and irregularities in the mass distribution of gravitating bodies as multipole effects works extremely well.
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The waterproof unit takes three AA batteries and has built-in celestial tables.
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On the macroscopic scale, for most problems in celestial mechanics, Newtons theory of gravity, supplemented by treating relativistic effects as a small (very small) perturbation and irregularities in the mass distribution of gravitating bodies as multipole effects works extremely well.
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As far as I know, there is no mathematical solution for the classic n-body problem in celestial mechanics.
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slumry commented on the word celestial
As a noun, celestial refers to a heavenly being, a god or angel.
August 7, 2007
brtom commented on the word celestial
..." and while
Celestial blushes check thy conscious smile ..."
Sheridan, School for Scandal
January 2, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word celestial
Celestialling the word,
her colour a deference still,
her voice adored and implored : 'Lord, what choice ?'
—Charles Williams, 'The Ascent of the Spear', in Taliessin Through Logres
Mistah Williams he wanker.
February 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word celestial
Mistah quokka he must be do put money sweah jah, yessah.
February 26, 2009
qroqqa commented on the word celestial
This Is Serious, Bilby
February 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word celestial
Field Marshall Q, your good self and the rolig do serious better than anyone else on this battered conveyance, so have with it. Avanti!
February 26, 2009
qroqqa commented on the word celestial
Do I have to spell out the TISM reference then? (* esprit de l'escalier: This Is Serious Marsupial would have worked better *)
February 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word celestial
Arrgghaballahhufflepox!
I even saw TISM live. Once. But it were grand :-)
February 26, 2009