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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

celestial
     adj 1: of or relating to the sky; "celestial map"; "a heavenly
            body" [syn: heavenly]
     2: relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven; "celestial
        beings"; "heavenly hosts" [syn: heavenly]
     3: of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal
        melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" [syn:
         ethereal, supernal]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, a.
   Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or
   Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, n.
   A Chinaman; a Chinese. [Colloq.]
Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L.
   caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See Cell.]
   1. Belonging to the a["e]rial regions, or visible heavens.
      ``The twelve celestial signs.'' --Shak.

   2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly;
      divine. ``Celestial spirits.'' ``Celestial light,''
      --Milton.

   Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. --Bunyan.

   Celestial empire, China; -- so called from the Chinese
      words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom
      ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven. --S. W.
      Williams.
Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, n.
   1. An inhabitant of heaven. --Pope.

   2. A native of China.