Celestial

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of, relating to, or located in the sky or outer space, where the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars are visible.

   “[G]oe vvith ſpeede / To ſome forlorne and naked Hermytage, / Remote from all the pleaſurs of the vvorld: / There ſtay vntill the tvvelue Celeſtiall Signes / Haue brought about the annuall reckoning.”

2. sıfat Of a nose: upturned, as if towards the sky.

   “A Celestial Nose in a woman is very frequently an index of wit. […] A Celestial-nosed woman is only more witty than a similarly gifted man, because the impudence which it invariably indicates is backed by woman's ever-ready tact and quickness.”

3. sıfat Of or relating to China; Chinese.

   “If there is a man in the Celestial Empire, who will lay his hand upon his breast, and declare in the presence of our God, that he hath derived more pleasure from truth than from lies, then let Rao-Gong-Fao be thrown on his belly, and let his back be channelled for a bamboo-bed.”

4. sıfat Extremely beautiful, good, or pleasurable; divine, heavenly, wonderful.

   “I think this a Pattern of a nevv Sort of Stile, not yet taken Notice of by the Criticks, vvhich is above the Sublime, and may be called the Celeſtial; that is, vvhen the moſt ſacred Phraſes appropriated to the Honour of the Deity are applied to a Mortal of Good Quality.”

5. sıfat Of or relating to heaven as the place where deities (or the Christian God), spiritual beings, etc., exist; heavenly.

   “But ſome man will ſaye: howe ſhall the deed [the resurrection of the dead] aryſe? with what body ſhall they come? […] There are celeſtiall bodyes⸝ and there are bodyes terreſtriall: Butt the glory of the celeſtiall is one⸝ and the glory off the terreſtriall is another.”

6. sıfat Of or relating to one or more deities, or the Christian God; divine, heavenly.

   “Deſire of Povver, on Earth a Vicious VVeed, / Yet, ſprung from High, is of Cæleſtial Seed: / In God 'tis Glory: And vvhen men Aſpire, / 'Tis but a Spark too much of Heavenly Fire.”

7. sıfat Of or relating to the celestial kingdom, the highest degree of glory.

   “As young people growing up in this upside-down world, you have quite a challenge confronting the various pressures of modern-day life. How will you make it through your teenage years spiritually prepared for your celestial future? How will you connect your celestial goals with your everyday life?”

8. zarf Synonym of celestially (“in a celestial manner (adjective senses)”).

   “There young Telemachus, his bloomy face / Glovving cæleſtial-ſvveet vvith godlike grace, / Amid the Circle ſhines: but hope and fear / (Painful viciſſitude!) his boſom tear.”

9. isim An inhabitant of heaven.

   “[K]ing Joue frõ [from] golden throne vproſe / whom home to heauenly court celeſtials garding at did cloſe.”

10. isim A thing from heaven; also, a heavenly quality.
11. isim A person who is extremely beautiful, of high status, or intelligent, etc.
12. isim Sometimes in the form Celestial: a native of China; a Chinese person.
13. isim a person from the Celestial Empire (usually associated with the period of the Qing Dynasty)

    “However, with true Celestial pertinacity, `John' has stuck to his work.”

14. sıfat Coming from or having to do with Fredericton, New Brunswick.