celestial – English noun declension

English noun forms of celestial

Noun: celestial
Singularcelestial
Pluralcelestials

Sample Sentences

  • [K]ing Joue frõ [from] golden throne vproſe / whom home to heauenly court celeſtials garding at did cloſe. [1560 August 21 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Virgil, “The Tenth Boke”, in Thomas Phaer, transl., The Nyne Fyrst Bookes of the Eneidos of Virgil Converted into Englishe Vearse […], with So Muche of the Tenthe Booke, as since His Death coulde be Founde in Vnperfit Papers at His House in Kilgarran Forest in Penbroke Shyre, London: […] Rouland Hall, for Nicholas Englande, published 1562, →OCLC, signature [Ff.iv.], verso:]
  • [T]hat graceful VVoman, vvith her Daughters about her, appeared to me vvith greater Dignity than ever any Figure, either of Venus attended by the Graces, Diana vvith her Nymphs, or any other Celeſtial vvho ovves her Being to Poetry. [1713 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “Thursday, March 19. 1713.”, in The Guardian, number 7, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […]; and sold by A. Baldwin […], →OCLC, page [1], column 1:]
  • No ſooner vvere they of age to be received into the apartments of the other celeſtials, than VVit began to entertain Venus at her toilet, by aping the ſolemnity of Learning; and Learning to divert Minerva at her loom, by expoſing the blunders and ignorance of VVit. [1750 June 12 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. 22. Friday, June 2. 1750.”, in The Rambler, 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] Sands, Murray, and Cochran; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J. Yair, […], published 1751, →OCLC, pages 174–175:]
  • For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that. [1913, Horace Coffin Stanton, Telepathy of the Celestial World: […], New York, N.Y.: Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page x:]
  • The tabernacle alſo & al the veſſel of the miniſterie he in like maner ſprinkled vvith bloud. And al things almoſt according to the lavv are cleanſed vvith bloud: and vvithout ſheading of bloud there is not remiſſion. It is neceſſarie therfore that the examplers of the cœleſtials be cleanſed vvith theſe: but the cœleſtials them ſelues vvith better hoſtes than theſe. [1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Hebrewes 9:21–23, page 622:]
  • Cast a firm glance also on those notable men, who, though not achieving any valuable positive results of speculation, were useful in their day, as protesting against widespread popular error, and rousing people into trains of more consistent thinking and acting. […] [Y]ou will feel only too painfully that you cannot always lay hold of them in the first stage of your studies; you will require steps to mount up to shake hands with these Celestials; and these steps are little books. [1874, John Stuart Blackie, “The Culture of the Intellect”, in On Self-culture: Intellectual, Physical, and Moral: A Vade Mecum for Young Men and Students, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, →OCLC, paragraph X, page 39:]
  • Three celestials died during the voyage, and, in accordance with the contract, their remains were embalmed and carried on to China. […] [T]he Chinese attach great importance to certain religious offices being performed in presence of the dead man's relics, or at the spot where they are buried, by surviving relatives and descendants. [1897, J[oseph] Ll[ewelyn] Thomas, “The North Pacific”, in Journeys among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895 […], London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company […], →OCLC, pages 23–24:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂i-lom
3. Proto-Italic *kailom?
4. Latin caelum
5. Latin terrestris
6. Latin -estris
7. Latin caelestis
8. Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
9. Proto-Indo-European *-is
10. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
11. Proto-Italic *-ālis
12. Latin -ālis
13. Medieval Latin caelestiālislbor.
14. Old French celestialbor.
15. Middle English celestial
16. English celestial
17. The adjective is derived from Late Middle English celestial (“relating to the heavens or sky; (Christianity) relating to heaven, divine, heavenly”), borrowed from Old French celestial (modern French céleste), from Medieval Latin caelestiālis (“celestial”), or directly from its etymon Latin caelestis (“of or in the heavens, heavenly; (figurative) of the gods, divine; etc.”), from caelum (“heaven; sky”) (ultimate etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilom (“whole”)) + -estris (suffix meaning ‘dwelling or located in’ forming adjectives from nouns).
18. The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective.
19. Adjective sense 2.2 (“of or relating to China”) and noun sense 3 (“native of China”) refer to Celestial Empire (a calque of Mandarin 天朝 (Tiāncháo, “(literary) the Chinese Empire, China”), from 天 (tiān, “heaven; sky”) + 朝 (cháo, “dynasty; emperor’s reign; imperial court; etc.”)), a dated name for China when it was subject to imperial rule. See: Middle English Nouns 'celestial', French Nouns 'céleste', Latin Nouns 'caelestis'.