Hip Glossary: Celestial
Celestial:
Ce*les"tial (?), a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L. caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See Cell.]
1. Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens. The twelve celestial signs." Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. Celestial spirits." Celestial light," Milton. Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. Bunyan. — Celestial empire, China; — so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appoined by heaven. S. W. Williams.
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