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A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils.
Margaret Cavendish

Meaning of "celestial" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CELESTIAL

From Medieval Latin cēlestiālis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum heaven.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CELESTIAL

celestial  [sɪˈlɛstɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CELESTIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Celestial is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CELESTIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of celestial in the English dictionary

The definition of celestial in the dictionary is heavenly; divine; spiritual. Other definition of celestial is of or relating to the sky.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CELESTIAL


agrestial
əˈɡrɛstɪəl
bestial
ˈbɛstɪəl
bracteal
ˈbræktɪəl
consortial
kənˈsɔːtɪəl
endosteal
endˈɒstɪəl
forestal
fəˈrɛstɪəl
foresteal
fəˈrɛstɪəl
forestial
fəˈrɛstɪəl
lacteal
ˈlæktɪəl
luteal
ˈluːtɪəl
osteal
ˈɒstɪəl
ostial
ˈɒstɪəl
periosteal
ˌperɪˈɒstɪəl
pluteal
ˈpluːtɪəl
popliteal
pɒpˈlɪtɪəl
retial
ˈriːtɪəl
sclerotial
sklɪəˈrəʊtɪəl
subcelestial
ˌsʌbsɪˈlɛstɪəl
supercelestial
ˌsuːpərsɪˈlɛstɪəl
syncytial
sɪnˈsɪtɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CELESTIAL

celerity
celery
celery pine
celesta
celeste
celestial body
Celestial Empire
celestial equator
celestial globe
celestial guidance
celestial horizon
celestial latitude
celestial longitude
celestial mechanics
celestial navigation
celestial pole
celestial sphere
celestially
celestine
celestite

WORDS THAT END LIKE CELESTIAL

confidential
consequential
differential
essential
existential
experiential
exponential
geospatial
influential
initial
martial
partial
potential
preferential
presidential
prudential
residential
sequential
spatial
substantial

Synonyms and antonyms of celestial in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CELESTIAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «celestial» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of celestial

Translation of «celestial» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CELESTIAL

Find out the translation of celestial to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of celestial from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «celestial» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

天上的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

celeste
570 millions of speakers

English

celestial
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आकाशीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السماوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

небесная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

celestial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বর্গীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

céleste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Celestial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

himmlisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

天空の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

천체의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Langit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெய்வீக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वर्गीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gök
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

celeste
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niebieskie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

небесна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ceresc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ουράνια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hemelse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

himmelska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

celestial
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of celestial

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CELESTIAL»

The term «celestial» is very widely used and occupies the 18.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CELESTIAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about celestial

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10 QUOTES WITH «CELESTIAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word celestial.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth. It is a matter of desire, diligence and determination to see one's family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.
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Annie Besant
Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.
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George Phillips Bond
Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a century ago astronomy was little more than celestial topography.
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Margaret Cavendish
A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.
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Ian Frazier
I'm one of those people who happen to like trees. I don't know why - I just do. As a kid, I loved to climb them. The distant, upper branches, especially, were celestial and alluring.
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Alison Gopnik
If parents are the fixed stars in the child's universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling, sometimes scorching comets whizzing nearby.
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Honor Harger
The study of celestial phenomena at radio wavelengths, radio astronomy came into being after the accidental discovery of cosmic radiation by radio engineer Karl Jansky in 1933.
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Max Heindel
Music is intangible and ephemeral, but it comes from the home world of the spirit, and though so fleeting, it is recognized by the spirit as a soul-speech fresh from the celestial realms, an echo from the home whence we are now exiled, and therefore it touches a cord in our being, regardless of whether we realize the true cause or not.
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L. Lionel Kendrick
The temple is a place of worship. Reverence is a supernal form of worship. It is the form of worship found in the celestial kingdom.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CELESTIAL»

Discover the use of celestial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to celestial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability
Celestial Encounters traces the history of attempts to solve the problem of celestial mechanics first posited in Isaac Newton's Principia in 1686.
Florin Diacu, Philip Holmes, 1996
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Celestial Navigation
NEW EDITION FEATURES: Revised text and new photographs Video tutorials accessed online Access to downloadable calculation sheets Whether you need to pass an exam, want a back-up to GPS positioning or simply choose to delight in the wonder ...
Tom Cunliffe, 2012
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Complete On-Board Celestial Navigation 2011-2015
In this era of electronic navigation, it is the perfect backup system, enabling you to determine your position when the GPS malfunctions or your boat loses electrical power.This is the 4th edition of the popular 'single-volume' format for ...
George G. Bennett, 2011
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Celestial Navigation in the GPS Age
This book tells the true story-and the whole story. It conveys celestial navigation concepts clearly and in the shortest possible time.It's tailored for navigation in the GPS age-a time of computers, calculators, and web resources.
John Karl, 2007
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Celestial Matters
In an alternate universe in which the Greek Empire has existed for a thousand years, Aias, a distinguished scientist of the Delian League, accompanied by Yellow Hare, a tough Spartan warrior woman, commands Earth's first expedition to the ...
Richard Garfinkle, 1997
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Celestial Lancets: A History and Rationale of Acupuncture ...
This study of two ancient therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine gives a full account of both methods in the theoretical structure of Chinese medicine, combined with a rationale in the light of modern scientific knowledge.
Gwei-Djen Lu, Joseph Needham, 2012
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Lectures on Celestial Mechanics
The present book represents to a large extent the translation of the German "Vorlesungen über Himmelsmechanik" by C. L. Siegel.
Carl L. Siegel, Jürgen K. Moser, Jürgen Moser, 1995
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The Celestial Key to the Vedas: Discovering the Origins of ...
Sidharth provides incontrovertible evidence that such advanced "European" astronomical concepts as precession, heliocentrism, and the eclipse cycle were first discovered and encoded in these ancient Indian texts, passages of which make ...
B. G. Sidharth, 1999
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Celestial Harvest: 300-Plus Showpieces of the Heavens for ...
By employing an abbreviated descriptive format, this volume offers maximum details that will assist in field and armchair use.
James Mullaney, 2012
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The Exploitation of Natural Resources of the Moon and Other ...
The purpose of this book is to propose a legal regime to govern the exploitation of natural resources of the moon and other celestial bodies.
Fabio Tronchetti, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CELESTIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term celestial is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lowell Observatory Astronomers Study Pluto's Atmosphere During …
A celestial event last week is helping astronomers from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff study Pluto's atmosphere. The ground-based data gives ... «KJZZ, Jul 15»
2
Current Trade Stocks Highlights: McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE:MHFI …
Founded in Boulder, Colorado in 1969, Celestial Seasonings, Inc., was one of the pioneers of the burgeoning natural foods movement and first ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
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New Horizons Leads the Robotic Exploration of Earth's Celestial
A crowd watches in Central Park, New York City, as the Apollo 11 crew lands on the moon on July 20, 1969. By Peter Juul | Monday, July 6, ... «Center For American Progress, Jul 15»
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Celestial Church of Christ: Denounced church leader says there'll be …
Embattled new Unification Leader of the Celestial Church of Christ worldwide, Olatosho Oshoffa, has said the emergence of factions in the ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Astronomers could see rare celestial firework after three years
It has been reported that an unusual celestial firework display could be observed in just three years from this time. It has been reported that it ... «NYC Today, Jul 15»
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Spot the space station in this incredible celestial portrait
Your eyes aren't deceiving you – the shadowy smudge in this stunning image of the moon is Earth's very own International Space Station. «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
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The Starry Midnight We Make Combines Visual Novel And Celestial
Japanese studio Cavyhouse combines visual novel with celestial growth simulation and puzzle elements in its latest game The Starry Midnight ... «Siliconera, Jul 15»
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Celestial Church of Christ: Church officials name new spiritual …
Recent reports suggests that the Board of Trustees, Pastor-in-Council, senior clergy, women and elders of the Celestial Church of Christ ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Venus and Jupiter become the 'Star of Bethlehem' in rare celestial
'A conjunction is a set of circumstances where two celestial bodies appear to be very close together in the sky. 'In practice they're not very close ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Stars Above: A celestial swan flies high in July sky
While our nights this time of the year may be short, they are filled with amazing celestial sights. For those of us lucky to get out of the bright lights ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»

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