Search Result for "celestial":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1. of or relating to the sky;
- Example: "celestial map"
- Example: "a heavenly body"
[syn: celestial, heavenly]
2. relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven;
- Example: "celestial beings"
- Example: "heavenly hosts"
[syn: celestial, heavenly]
3. of heaven or the spirit;
- Example: "celestial peace"
- Example: "ethereal melodies"
- Example: "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
[syn: celestial, ethereal, supernal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, n. 1. An inhabitant of heaven. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A native of China; a Chinaman; a Chinese. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L. caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See Cell.] 1. Belonging to the a["e]rial regions, or visible heavens. "The twelve celestial signs." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. "Celestial spirits." "Celestial light," --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. --Bunyan. 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. --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "celestial": Elysian, Olympian, astral, astronomical, beatific, blessed, divine, elysian, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, godly, heavenly, immortal, otherworldly, paradisaic, spiritual, sublime, supernal, supernatural, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly
