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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: celestial

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# Relating to [[heaven]] in a religious sense.

  

# Relating to [[heaven]] in a religious sense.
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#: {{rfquotek|Milton}}
 

# Relating to the [[sky]] or [[space]].

  

# Relating to the [[sky]] or [[space]].
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#* Shakespeare
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#*: The twelve '''celestial''' signs.
 

# {{Mormonism}} Of or pertaining to the highest [[degree of glory]].

  

# {{Mormonism}} Of or pertaining to the highest [[degree of glory]].
 

#* {{quote-journal |year=1974 |date=February |title=A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee |journal=Ensign |url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=32c93219c786b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 |page=77

  

#* {{quote-journal |year=1974 |date=February |title=A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee |journal=Ensign |url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=32c93219c786b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 |page=77

Latest revision as of 23:06, 25 May 2013

Contents

English [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Adjective [edit]

celestial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to heaven in a religious sense.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
  2. Relating to the sky or space.
    • Shakespeare
      The twelve celestial signs.
  3. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
    • 1974 February, "A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee", Ensign, page 77: 
      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", Ensign, page 30: 
      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 [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]

relating to heaven (religious)

relating to sky

of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.

Noun [edit]

celestial (plural celestials)

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

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.

Noun [edit]

celestial (plural celestials)

  1. (obsolete) (sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
    • 1897, Joseph Llewelyn Thomas, "The North Pacific", in Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895[2], page 23:
      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.

References [edit]

Galician [edit]

Adjective [edit]

celestial m and f (plural celestiais)

  1. celestial

Old Provençal [edit]

Adjective [edit]

celestial m and f (plural celestials)

  1. celestial

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Portuguese celestial, from Latin caelestiālis ("celestial"), from caelestis ("celestial"), from caelum ("sky").

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (Brazil) IPA: /se.les.t͡ʃi.ˈaw/, /se.leʃ.t͡ʃi.ˈaw/, /se.les.ˈt͡ʃjaw/, /se.leʃ.ˈt͡ʃjaw/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /sɨlɨʃˈtjaɫ/

Adjective [edit]

celestial m and f (plural celestiais; comparable)

  1. (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)

Synonyms [edit]

Coordinate terms [edit]

Related terms [edit]

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, based on caelum "sky, heaven".

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

celestial m and f (plural celestiales)

  1. celestial

Related terms [edit]
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