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Celestial
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. An inhabitant of heaven. Pope.
2. A native of China.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens. "The twelve celestial signs." Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. "Celestial spirits." "Celestial light," Milton. Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. Bunyan. -- Celestial empire, China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appoined by heaven. S. W. Williams.