Meaning of celestial | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine
2. An inhabitant of heaven.
3. a person from the Celestial Empire (usually associated with the period of the Qing Dynasty)
   historical
4. A heavenly being; a god or angel.
5. Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars
6. A native of China.
   capitalized, obsolete, sometimes
7. Relating to the sky or the heavens. Stars and planets are celestial bodies.
8. Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory
9. by extension, an East Asian person.
   obsolete, slang
10. of heaven or the skies. Stars are celestial bodies. hemels سَماوي небесен celestial nebeský himmlisch himmelsk; guddommelig ουράνιοςceleste taeva- آسمانی؛ ملکوتی taivaallinen célesteשמימי खगोलीय nebeski égi langit himin- celeste 天の 하늘의 dangaus, dangiškas debess- cakerawala hemels, hemel-himmelsk, himmel-, guddommelig niebiański, niebieski اسمانى، جنتى، دجنت اوسيدونكى celeste celest небесный nebeský nebesen, nebeški nebeski himmelsk, himla-, överjordisk เกี่ยวกับท้องฟ้า göklere ait, göksel 天堂的...
11. Extremely good, pleasant, or blissful; heavenly
12. Of or relating to the sky or physical universe as understood in astronomy: Planets are celestial bodies.
13. An inhabitant of heaven
14. Of or relating to heaven; divine: celestial beings.
15. Supremely good; sublime: celestial happiness.
16. Celestial Of or relating to the Chinese people or to the former Chinese Empire.
17. (Ecclesiastical Terms) heavenly; divine; spiritual: celestial peace.
18. (Astronomy) of or relating to the sky: celestial bodies.
19. of or pertaining to the sky or visible heaven: a celestial body.

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Examples

“For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that.”

“Three celestials died during the voyage, and, in accordance with the contract, their remains were embalmed and carried on to China.”

“However, with true Celestial pertinacity, `John' has stuck to his work.”

“Kharbin[…] It is quite a modern Russian town having been founded in 1899 as a centre for the administration of the East China Railyway and the civil and military control of Manchuria. The Celestials call it Ha-êrh-pin. The city was officially opened to international trade on the 14th January 1907, in accordance with the terms of the Chino-Japanese treaty of the 22nd December 1905.”

“The Celestial was a smart old coot, too. I recall a cowboy who had a violent toothache, went in to try and fool him and told ‘Doc’ Hay he was plenty sick, […]”

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