Celestial /(?)/
Ce·les·tial
Celestial
a.
- Belonging to the aërial regions, or visible heavens.
- Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
Phrases & Compounds
- Celestial city
- heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem.
- Celestial empire
- China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven.
Celestial
n.
- An inhabitant of heaven.
- A native of China; a Chinaman; a Chinese. [Colloq.]