celestial

C2+ Topic:Religion & Belief
US /səˈlɛstʃəl/ UK /sɪˈlɛstiəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    relating to the sky or heavens, or to heaven in a divine sense

    Astronomers charted the celestial bodies across the night sky.

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Synonyms
1 adj · relating to the sky or... heavenlydivineetherealempyrealastralsupernal
Word family
Derived forms celestially

Etymology

From Old French celestial, from Latin caelestis ('heavenly'), from caelum ('sky, heaven').

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