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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Celestial

/səl-ĕs'-chəl/ · Ce·les·tial · IPA /səˈlɛs.t͡ʃəl/
01 a. Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens.
  1. 1.
    Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens.
  2. 2.
    Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.
  3. 3.
    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
Phrases & compounds
Celestial city — heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem.
Celestial empire — China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven.
02 n. An inhabitant of heaven.
  1. 1.
    An inhabitant of heaven.
  2. 2.
    A native of China; a Chinaman; a Chinese.[Colloq.]