Celestial

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A native of China.

II. Celestial ·noun An inhabitant of heaven.

III. Celestial ·add. ·noun A Chinaman; a Chinese.

IV. Celestial ·adj Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens.

V. Celestial ·adj Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.

VI. Celestial ·add. ·adj Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.

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