different between celestial vs supernal

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)

1. Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.
2. Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
3. (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)

1. 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)

1. (obsolete, sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
2. (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)

1. celestial

Related terms

• ceo

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestials)

1. 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)

1. (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)

1. celestial

Related terms

• celeste
• cielo

English

Etymology

From Old French supernel or Medieval Latin supernalis, from Latin supernus, from superum (“celestial regions, heavenly bodies”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /su??p??.n?l/, /sju??p??.n?l/, /s??p??.n?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /su?p?.n?l/, /s??p?.n?l/, /s??p?.n?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l

Adjective

supernal (comparative more supernal, superlative most supernal)

1. Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

     […] and there, after due prayers to the gods who dwell in ether supernal, had taken solemn counsel whereby they might, if so be it might be, bring once more into honour among mortal men the winged speech of the seadivided Gael.

2. Exalted, exquisite, superlative.
   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:

     Even the sunlight assumed a supernal glamour, as if some special atmosphere or exhalation mantled the whole region.

   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.

     Pig, not normally reticent in these matters, now acted like a mystic after a vision; unable, maybe unwilling, to put in words this ineffable or supernal talent of Panky’s.

   • 1974, Stanis?aw Lem, trans. Michael Kandel, The Cyberiad:

     For what did Cauchy know, or Christoffel,
     Or Fourier, or any Boole or Euler,
     Wielding their compasses, their pens and rulers,
     Of thy supernal sinusoidal spell?

Synonyms

• (pertaining to heaven): celestial, heavenly
• (exalted, exquisite): exalted, exquisite

Antonyms

• (pertaining to heaven): earthly, infernal
• (exalted, exquisite): infernal

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• purslane