Ce*les"tial , n. A Chinaman; a
Chinese. [Colloq.]
Ce*les"tial (?), a.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
Ce*les"tial , n.
1. An inhabitant of heaven. Pope.
2. A native of China.
Ce*les"tial (?), a. [OF. celestial,
celestied, fr. L. caelestic, fr.
caelum heaved. See Cell.]
1. Belonging to the aërial
regions, or visible
heavens. "The twelve
celestial signs." Shak.
2. Of or
pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.
"Celestial spirits." "Celestial light,"
Milton.
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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