Part 1733

<h1>Celebration</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cel`e*bra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>celebratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act, process, or time of celebrating.</def>

<blockquote>His memory deserving a particular <b>celebration</b>. <i>Clarendok.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Celebration</b> of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass <i>Cath. Dict.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To hasten the <b>celebration</b> of their marriage. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Celebrator</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cel"e*bra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who celebrates; a praiser.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Celebrious</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*le"bri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Famous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Speed.</i>

<h1>Celebrity</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*leb"ri*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Celebriries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>celebritas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>c\'82l\'82brit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Celebration; solemnization.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>celebrity</b> of the marriage. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; <as>as, the <ex>celebrity</ex> of Washington</as>.</def>

<blockquote>An event of great <b>celebrity</b> in the history of astronomy. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; <as>as, he is one of the <ex>celebrities</ex> of the place</as>.</def>

<h1>Celeriac</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*le"ri*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.</def>

<h1>Celerity</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*ler"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>celeritas</ets>, from <ets>celer</ets> swiftm speedy: sf. F. <ets>c\'82l\'82rit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.</def>

<blockquote>Time, with all its <b>celerity</b>, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Celery</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cel"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>c\'82leri</ets>, cf. Prov. It. <ets>seleno</ets>, <ets>seler</ets>; fr. Gr. <?/ parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. <ets>celery</ets>. <ets>Cf</ets>. <er>Parsley</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the Parsley family (<spn>Apium graveolens</spn>), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.</def>

<h1>Celestial</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*les"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>celestial</ets>, <ets>celestied</ets>, fr. L. <ets>caelestic</ets>, fr. <ets>caelum</ets> heaved. See <er>Cell</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Belonging to the a\'89rial regions, or visible heavens.</def> "The twelve <i>celestial</i> signs."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.</def> "<i>Celestial</i> spirits." "<i>Celestial</i> light,"