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   celestial

   /sɪˈlɛstɪəl/

   adjective

   • 1. positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy: "a celestial body" Similar (in) spaceheavenlyastronomicalextraterrestrialstellarplanetaryin the skyin the heavensrare:superterrestrialOpposite terrestrialearthly
   • ▪ belonging or relating to heaven: "the celestial city" Similar heavenlyholysaintlydivinegodlygodlikeetherealparadisicalElysianspiritualempyreansuperlunaryimmortalangelicseraphiccherubicblessedbeatificblissfulsublimeOpposite hellishmundane
   • ▪ supremely good: "the celestial beauty of music"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum ‘heaven’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. celestially adverb

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