Celestial

Alternative forms

• cælestial archaic, cælestiall obsolete, celestiall obsolete, cÅ“lestial archaic, nonstandard

From Old French celestial, from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum ("sky, heaven").

Full definition of celestial

Adjective

1. Relating to heaven in a religious sense.
2. Relating to the sky or space.
• ShakespeareThe twelve celestial signs.
3. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
• 1974 , February , A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee , 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 , 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?

Synonyms

• (Relating to heaven in a religious sense) divine, heavenly, spiritual

Derived terms

• celestial body
• Celestial Empire
• celestial equator
• celestial globe
• celestial guidance
• celestial horizon
• celestial latitude
• celestial longitude
• celestial navigation
• celestial peace
• celestial pole
• celestial sphere

Noun

1. An inhabitant of heaven.
• 1913 , Horace Coffin Stanton , Telepathy of the Celestial World , For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that.

From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.

Noun

1. (obsolete, sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
• 1897 , Joseph Llewelyn Thomas , Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895 Chapter The North Pacific , Three celestials died during the voyage, and, in accordance with the contract, their remains were embalmed and carried on to China.
2. (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.