celestial

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.6 References 2 Galician 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• cælestial
• cœlestial

[edit] Etymology

From Latin caelestis, from caelum (“‘sky, heaven’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

celestial (not comparable)

1. Relating to heaven in a religious sense.
2. Relating to the sky or space.
3. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
   • 1974, “A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee”, Ensign, February, page 77: 

     We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory.

   • 1997, Richard J. Maynes, “A Celestial Connection to Your Teenage Years”, Ensign, November, page 30: 

     How will you make it through your teenage years spiritually prepared for your celestial future? How will you connect your celestial goals with your everyday life?

[edit] Synonyms

• (Relating to heaven in a religious sense): divine, heavenly, spiritual

[edit] Derived terms

• celestial body
• Celestial Empire
• celestial equator
• celestial globe
• celestial guidance
• celestial horizon
• celestial latitude
• celestial longitude
• celestial navigation
• celestial peace
• celestial pole
• celestial sphere

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

celestial (plural celestials)

1. An inhabitant of heaven.
   • 1913, Horace Coffin Stanton, Telepathy of the Celestial World^[1], page x:

     For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that.

2. (sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
   • 1897, Joseph Llewelyn Thomas, “The North Pacific”, in Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895^[2], page 23:

     Three celestials died during the voyage, and, in accordance with the contract, their remains were embalmed and carried on to China.

[edit] References

• celestial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
• Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org.

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Adjective

celestial m. and f. (plural celestiais)

1. celestial