"Celestial" meaning in English

See Celestial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more Celestial [comparative], most Celestial [superlative], celestial [alternative]
Etymology: After the name Celestial City. Head templates: {{en-adj}} Celestial (comparative more Celestial, superlative most Celestial)
  1. (poetic) Coming from or having to do with Fredericton, New Brunswick. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-Celestial-en-adj-G1ufhRbz Categories (other): New Brunswick, Canada Disambiguation of New Brunswick, Canada: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun

Forms: Celestials [plural], celestial [alternative]
Etymology: From the Celestial Empire, a colloquialism for the Chinese Empire / Empire of China / Imperial China. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Celestial (plural Celestials)
  1. (historical) a person from the Celestial Empire (usually associated with the period of the Qing Dynasty) Tags: historical Synonyms: Chinese, Chinaman, Qing (english: when referring to Qing China), Ching (english: when referring to the Qing Empire), Ch'ing (english: when referring to the Qing Dynasty)
    Sense id: en-Celestial-en-noun-4~9jzExb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

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