celestial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈlɛs.t͡ʃəl/
ipa: /səˈlɛs.ti.əl/
Forms: form: cælestial
form: cælestiall
form: celestiall
form: cœlestial
form: Celestial
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.
Senses: examples: text: Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine,
Untill our bodies turne to Elements:
And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [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:
text: But far above, in spangled sheen,
Celestial Cupid her famed son advanced
ref: 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:
english: Comus
translation: Comus
glosses: Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.
synonyms: word: heavenly
extra: of or related to Heaven and the divine
examples: text: The twelve celestial signs.
ref: 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]:
glosses: Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
examples: text: We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory.
ref: 1974 February, “A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee”, in Ensign, page 77:
text: 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?
ref: 1997 November, Richard J. Maynes, “A Celestial Connection to Your Teenage Years”, in Ensign, page 30:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
examples: text: [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.
ref: 1974 July 16, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Extremely good, pleasant, or blissful; heavenly.
Synonyms: sense: Relating to the sky
word: heavenly
sense: Relating to the sky
word: celest
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