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Celestial

//səˈlɛs.t͡ʃəl// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.

    "Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine, Untill our bodies turne to Elements: And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones."

  2. 2
    Coming from or having to do with Fredericton, New Brunswick. poetic
  3. 3
    Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

    "The twelve celestial signs."

  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory. Mormonism

    "We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory."

  5. 5
    Extremely good, pleasant, or blissful; heavenly.

    "[Reader:] A really bad coconut is soooo yukky. But a really good coconut is so celestial. [...] If you can hear the milk sloshing inside, odds are you’ve got a celestial coconut rather than a yukky one."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of heaven or the spirit wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to the sky wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of heaven.

    "For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that."

  2. 2
    a person from the Celestial Empire (usually associated with the period of the Qing Dynasty) historical

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

  3. 3
    A native of China. capitalized, obsolete, sometimes

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

  4. 4
    by extension, an East Asian person. obsolete, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English celestial, from Old French celestial, from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum (“sky, heaven”). The meanings related to East Asia come from Celestial Empire, a former name of China.

Etymology 2

From Middle English celestial, from Old French celestial, from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum (“sky, heaven”). The meanings related to East Asia come from Celestial Empire, a former name of China.

Etymology 3

From the Celestial Empire, a colloquialism for the Chinese Empire / Empire of China / Imperial China.

Etymology 4

After the name Celestial City.

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