GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Celestial , a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L. caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See Cell.]
   Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens. “The twelve celestial signs.”  
   Shak.
   
   1913 Webster
   Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.  “Celestial spirits.” “Celestial light,”  
   Milton.
   
   1913 Webster
   Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   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 appointed by heaven.
   S. W. Williams.
   
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

2.       
   Celestial, n.
   An inhabitant of heaven.
   Pope.
   
   1913 Webster
   A native of China; a Chinaman; a Chinese. [Colloq.]
   Webster 1913 Suppl.