• IPA: /səˈlɛst͡ʃəl/, /səˈlɛstiəl/

celestial (not comparable)

1. Synonym of heavenly#English|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.
   • c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene ii]:

     The twelve celestial signs.

3. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.

• (Relating to the sky) heavenly; celest (obsolete)

• French: céleste
• German: himmlisch
• Italian: celeste
• Portuguese: celestial, celeste
• Russian: небе́сный
• Spanish: celestial

• French: céleste
• German: Himmels-
• Italian: celeste
• Portuguese: celeste
• Russian: небе́сный
• Spanish: celestial, celeste

• Russian: сла́вный

celestial (plural celestials)

1. An inhabitant of heaven.

celestial (plural celestials)

1. (obsolete, sometimes, capitalized) A native of China.
2. (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.

celestial (plural celestials)

1. (historical) a person from the Celestial Empire usually associated with the period of the Qing Dynasty

• Chinese
• Chinaman
• Qing (when referring to Qing China)
• Ching (when referring to the Qing Empire)
• Ch'ing (when referring to the Qing Dynasty)