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celestial
English
Alternative forms
- cælestial (archaic), cælestiall (obsolete), celestiall (obsolete), cœlestial (archaic, nonstandard)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??l?st???l/, /s??l?sti?l/
- Hyphenation: ce?les?tial
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French celestial, from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum (“sky, heaven”).
Adjective
celestial (not comparable)
- Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.
- Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
- (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
Synonyms
- (Relating to the sky): heavenly; celest (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
celestial (plural celestials)
- An inhabitant of heaven.
Etymology 2
From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.
Alternative forms
- Celestial (native of China)
Noun
celestial (plural celestials)
- (obsolete, sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
- (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.
References
- celestial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “celestial”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
- Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org.
Anagrams
- cistellae
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelesti?lis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).
Adjective
celestial m or f (plural celestiais)
- celestial
Related terms
- ceo
Old Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis.
Adjective
celestial m or f (plural celestials)
- celestial
Related terms
- cel
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelesti?lis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.les.t??i.?aw/, /se.le?.t??i.?aw/, /se.les.?t??jaw/, /se.le?.?t??jaw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /s?l???tja?/
Adjective
celestial m or f (plural celestiais, comparable)
- (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)
- Synonym: celeste
Coordinate terms
- (heavenly): infernal, terreno
Related terms
- celeste
- céu
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, based on caelum (“sky, heaven”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?eles?tjal/, [?e.les?t?jal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seles?tjal/, [se.les?t?jal]
Adjective
celestial (plural celestiales)
- celestial
Related terms
- celeste
- cielo
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occultation
English
Etymology
From Latin occult?ti?nem, accusative singular of occult?ti? (“concealment; insinuation”), from occult?re, present active infinitive of occult? (“to conceal, hide”); analysable as occult +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??k?l?te??(?)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??k?l?te??(?)n/
- Hyphenation: oc?cul?ta?tion
Noun
occultation (countable and uncountable, plural occultations)
- (astronomy) An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object.
- Synonym: eclipse
- The state of being occult (“hidden, undetected”).
- Synonyms: hiddenness, invisibility, occultness
- (Shia Islam) The disappearance of the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, who is believed alive and present in this world, but hidden until his reappearance at the end of time.
Alternative forms
- accultation (rare)
Derived terms
- deoccultation
- lunar occultation
- nonoccultation
- preoccultation
Translations
See also
- eclipse
- syzygy
References
Further reading
- occultation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- occultation (Islam) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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