# celestial
## English
### Alternative forms

* cælestial (archaic), cælestiall (obsolete), celestiall (obsolete), cœlestial (archaic, nonstandard)
* Celestial (native of China)

### Etymology

From Middle English celestial, from Old French celestial, from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum (“sky, heaven”).
The meanings related to East Asia come from Celestial Empire, a former name of China.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səˈlɛs.t͡ʃəl/, /səˈlɛs.ti.əl/
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* Hyphenation: ce‧les‧tial

### Adjective

celestial (not comparable)
* Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.
** c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine, Untill our bodies turne to Elements: And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones.
** 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:But far above, in spangled sheen, Celestial Cupid her famed son advanced
* Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
** c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:The twelve celestial signs.
* (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
** 1974 February, “A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee”, in Ensign‎, page 77:We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory.
** 1997 November, Richard J. Maynes, “A Celestial Connection to Your Teenage Years”, in Ensign‎, page 30:How will you make it through your teenage years spiritually prepared for your celestial future? How will you connect your celestial goals with your everyday life?
* Extremely good, pleasant, or blissful; heavenly.
** 1974 July 16, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader‎:[Reader:] A really bad coconut is soooo yukky. But a really good coconut is so celestial. [...] If you can hear the milk sloshing inside, odds are you’ve got a celestial coconut rather than a yukky one.

#### Synonyms

* (Relating to the sky): heavenly; celest (obsolete)

#### Derived terms

* celestial blue
* celestial body
* Celestial City
* celestial crown
* Celestial Empire
* celestial equator
* celestial globe
* celestial guidance
* celestial horizon
* celestiality
* celestialize
* celestial latitude
* celestial longitude
* celestially
* celestial mechanics
* celestial navigation
* celestialness
* celestial object
* celestial peace
* celestial pole
* celestial sphere
* celestial stem
* celestial teapot
* celestial transfer
* noncelestial
* semicelestial
* subcelestial
* supercelestial
* supracelestial
* telestial
* uncelestial

#### Translations
### Noun

celestial (plural celestials)
* An inhabitant of heaven.
** 1913, Horace Coffin Stanton, Telepathy of the Celestial World‎, page x:For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that.
* (obsolete, sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
** 1897, Joseph Llewelyn Thomas, “The North Pacific”, in Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895‎, page 23:Three celestials died during the voyage, and, in accordance with the contract, their remains were embalmed and carried on to China.
* (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.

### References

* “celestial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “celestial”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
* Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org.

### Anagrams

* cistellae

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestiālis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).

### Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestiais)
* celestial

#### Related terms

* ceo

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis.

### Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestials)
* celestial

#### Related terms

* cel

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestiālis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /se.les.t͡ʃiˈaw/ [se.les.t͡ʃɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /se.lesˈt͡ʃjaw/ [se.lesˈt͡ʃjaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /se.les.t͡ʃiˈaw/ [se.les.t͡ʃɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /se.lesˈt͡ʃjaw/ [se.lesˈt͡ʃjaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /se.leʃ.t͡ʃiˈaw/ [se.leʃ.t͡ʃɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /se.leʃˈt͡ʃjaw/ [se.leʃˈt͡ʃjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.lɨʃˈtjal/ [sɨ.lɨʃˈtjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.lɨʃˈtjal/ [sɨ.lɨʃˈtjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.lɨʃˈtja.li/
* Hyphenation: ce‧les‧ti‧al

### Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestiais)
* (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)
    Synonym: celeste

#### Coordinate terms

* (heavenly): infernal, terreno

#### Related terms

* celeste
* céu

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestiālis, from Latin caelestis, based on caelum (“sky, heaven”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θelesˈtjal/ [θe.lesˈt̪jal]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /selesˈtjal/ [se.lesˈt̪jal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ce‧les‧tial

### Adjective

celestial m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestiales)
* celestial

#### Derived terms

* celestialmente
* entierro celestial

#### Related terms

* celeste
* cielo

### Further reading

* “celestial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10