celestial city

2 definitions found

celestial city - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L.
     caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See Cell.]
     1. Belonging to the a["e]rial regions, or visible heavens.
        "The twelve celestial signs." --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly;
        divine. "Celestial spirits." "Celestial light," --Milton.
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     3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or
        Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. --Bunyan.
  
     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. --S. W.
        Williams.
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celestial city - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Celestial City
      n 1: phrases used to refer to Heaven; "the Celestial City was
           Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'" [syn:
           Celestial City, City of God, Heavenly City, Holy City
           ]