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celestine

celestine adjective: synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.

celestine: synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens
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Adjective

celestine (comparative more celestine, superlative most celestine)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.
    Synonyms:
    celestial

Noun (1)

celestine (plural celestines)

  1. (obsolete) A heavenly being: an angel or other resident of Heaven.

Noun (2)

celestine (countable and uncountable, plural celestines)

  1. A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.
    Synonyms:
    celestite

Noun (3) capitalized: Celestine

Celestine (plural Celestines)

  1. A member of a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244.
    Synonyms:
    Celestinian

Proper noun capitalized: Celestine

Celestine

  1. A unisex given name.

celestine meaning in Tamil

celestine in Tamil

செலத்தீன்

Synonyms of celestine

Forms of celestine

Adjective
comparativemore celestine
superlativemost celestine
Noun
pluralcelestines
pluralCelestines

Origin of celestine

From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”), from caelum (“sky, heavens, Heaven”). Equivalent to celest + -ine.

From Italian celestina (“sky-blue”), from Latin caelestīnus, &c.

Learned borrowing from Latin Caelestinus.

Questions about celestine

What does celestine mean?
Celestine means synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.
What is celestine in Tamil?
Celestine in Tamil is செலத்தீன். See Celestine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is celestine?
Celestine can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near celestine in the dictionary

  1. celestifies
  2. celestify
  3. celestifying
  4. Celestin
  5. Celestina
  6. celestine
  7. celestines
  8. Celestinian
  9. Celestinians
  10. Celestins
  11. celestist

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