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Celestial Empire

Celestial Empire proper noun: the Empire of China.

Proper noun

the Celestial Empire

  1. The Empire of China.
    • Among the leading features of the quincuplex troupe are / A Party of Chinese Jugglers and Artists / Recently arrived from the Celestial Empire, […]1857 April 10, Elihu B[artlit] Pond, editor, The Weekly Michigan Argus, volume XII, number [15] (585 overall), Ann Arbor, Mich.: Elihu B. Pond, →OCLC, page [2], column 8
    • And then he possessed the most delightful chinoiseries—trophies of his sojourn in the Celestial Empire: pagodas of ebony and cabinets of ivory; sculpted monsters, […].1878 July–October, Henry James, Jr., chapter VI, in The Europeans. A Sketch. […], volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1878, →OCLC, page 246

Synonyms of Celestial Empire

Origin of Celestial Empire

Calque of Literary Chinese 天朝 (Tiāncháo).

Words formed from Celestial Empire

Questions about Celestial Empire

What does Celestial Empire mean?
Celestial Empire means the Empire of China.
What part of speech is Celestial Empire?
Celestial Empire is a proper noun.

Words near Celestial Empire in the dictionary

  1. celestial bodies
  2. celestial body
  3. Celestial City
  4. celestial crown
  5. celestial crowns
  6. Celestial Empire
  7. celestial equator
  8. celestial equators
  9. celestial longitude
  10. celestial longitudes
  11. celestial marriage

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