Part 1734

<i>Milton.</i>

<cs><col>Celestial city</col>, <cd>heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem.</cd> <i>Bunyan</i>. -- <col>Celestial empire</col>, <cd>China; -- so called from the Chinese words, <i>tien chan<i>, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appoined by heaven.</cd>

<i>S. W. Williams.</i> </cs>

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

<hw>Ce*les"tial</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inhabitant of heaven.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A native of China.</def>

<h1>Celestialize</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*les"tial*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make celestial.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Celestially</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*les"tial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a celestial manner.</def>

<h1>Celestify</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*les"ti*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caelestis</ets> heavenly + <ets>-fly</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make like heaven.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Celestine, Celestite</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw><hw>Cel"es*tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cel"es*tite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>caelestinus</ets> bine.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.</def>

<h1>Celestine, Celestinian</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw><hw>Cel"es*tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cel`es*tin"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.</def>

<h1>Celiac</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce"li*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See C\'d2llac.</def>

<h1>Celibacy</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*lib"a*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Celibate</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.</def> "The <i>celibacy</i> of the clergy."

<i>Hallom.</i>

<h1>Celibate</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cel"i*bate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aelibatus</ets>, fr. <ets>caelebs</ets> unmarried, single.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Celibate state; celibacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He . . . preferreth holy <b>celibate</b> before the estate of marrige. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.</def>

<h1>Celibate</h1> <Xpage=230>