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Definition of Celestials
1. celestial [n] - See also: celestial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Celestials
Literary usage of Celestials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"music and the long plays, give an opportunity, rare east of California, to see
the dramatic art and religious rites of the celestials. ..."
2. A Visit to the Camp Before Sevastopol by Richard Cunningham McCormick (1855)
"THE " celestials." THE FIELD OF INKER- HAN. RELICS OF THE BATTLE. ... and is
well-known under the sobriquet of the " celestials," on account, I believe, ..."
3. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"obey the l-..m- Thus spoke in words of authority the mighty sage who The celestials
nad all his passions under perfect control, and who was in- mauds of ..."
4. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... and Fortune's power; Beneath whose shafts the great celestials bow, Yet ere
I more, if more you wish to know, The watery Gods in awful senate call, ..."
5. A New Home by Caroline Matilda (Stansbury)] [Kirkland, Caroline Matilda Kirkland (1850)
"My office, on these occasions, was an humble imitation of the plan of the celestials
in ancient times ; to snatch away the combatant in whom I was most ..."
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