celestial
IPA: sʌɫˈɛstʃʌɫ
noun
- An inhabitant of heaven.
- (obsolete, sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
- (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.
- (historical) a person from the Celestial Empire (usually associated with the period of the Qing Dynasty)
adjective
- Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.
- Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
- (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
- Extremely good, pleasant, or blissful; heavenly.
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Examples of "celestial" in Sentences
- Bertrand Russell uses the example of the celestial teapot.
- The Celestial bureaucracy is the pantheon of Chinese mythology.
- A seraph is a celestial being in Jewish and Christian mythology.
- He is the dispenser of Amrita, the celestial nectar of immortality.
- Celestial globes show the apparent positions of the stars in the sky.
- A Celestial from the alternate future of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
- Gammenon is the Celestials' data collector and gatherer of specimens.
- A radiant pearl in the centre of the ridge speaks of celestial glory.
- In the field of astronomy, the sky is also called the celestial sphere.
- He is the archnemesis of Vishwakarma, the celestial architect of the Gods.