celestiall

Adjective

celestial (not generally comparable, comparative more celestial, superlative most celestial)

1. (not comparable, usually) Of, relating to, or located in the sky or outer space, where the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars are visible.
   • [G]oe vvith ſpeede / To ſome forlorne and naked Hermytage, / Remote from all the pleaſurs of the vvorld: / There ſtay vntill the tvvelue Celeſtiall Signes / Haue brought about the annuall reckoning.c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...

   Synonyms:

   celest

2. (archaic, humorous, not comparable, usually) Of a nose: upturned, as if towards the sky.
   • A Celestial Nose in a woman is very frequently an index of wit. […] A Celestial-nosed woman is only more witty than a similarly gifted man, because the impudence which it invariably indicates is backed by woman's ever-ready tact and quickness.1848, Eden Warwick [pseudonym; George Jabet], “Of Feminine Noses”, in Nasology: Or, Hints towards a Classification of Noses, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 203
3. (archaic, humorous, not comparable, often, usually) Of or relating to China; Chinese.
   • If there is a man in the Celestial Empire, who will lay his hand upon his breast, and declare in the presence of our God, that he hath derived more pleasure from truth than from lies, then let Rao-Gong-Fao be thrown on his belly, and let his back be channelled for a bamboo-bed.1829, Walter Savage Landor, “Conversation III. The King of Ava and Rao-Gong-Fao.”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume V (second series, volume II), London: James Duncan...
4. (comparable, figuratively, not comparable, usually) Extremely beautiful, good, or pleasurable; divine, heavenly, wonderful.
   • I think this a Pattern of a nevv Sort of Stile, not yet taken Notice of by the Criticks, vvhich is above the Sublime, and may be called the Celeſtial; that is, vvhen the moſt ſacred Phraſes appropriated to the Honour of the Deity are applied to a Mortal of Good Quality.1713 March 24 (Gregorian calendar), [Alexander Pope], “Monday, March 16. 1713.”, in The Guardian, number 4, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […]; and sold by A. Baldwin […], →OCLC, page [2], column 1

   Synonyms:

   awesome, based, beat, beatific, bewildering, blissful, delightful, divine, enchanting, extraordinary

5. (not comparable, usually) Of or relating to heaven as the place where deities (or the Christian God), spiritual beings, etc., exist; heavenly.
   • But ſome man will ſaye: howe ſhall the deed [the resurrection of the dead] aryſe? with what body ſhall they come? […] There are celeſtiall bodyes⸝ and there are bodyes terreſtriall: Butt the glory of the celeſtiall is one⸝ and the glory off the terreſtriall is another.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Fyrst Pistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corrinthyans xv:[35 and 40], folio...

   Synonyms:

   celest

   1. (not comparable, usually) Of or relating to one or more deities, or the Christian God; divine, heavenly.
      • Deſire of Povver, on Earth a Vicious VVeed, / Yet, ſprung from High, is of Cæleſtial Seed: / In God 'tis Glory: And vvhen men Aſpire, / 'Tis but a Spark too much of Heavenly Fire.1681, [John Dryden], Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] J[acob] T[onson] and are to be sold by W. Davis […], →OCLC, page 10

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