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celestial adjective [ sɪˈlɛstɪəl ]

• positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.
• "a celestial body"
Similar: (in) space, heavenly, astronomical, extraterrestrial, stellar, planetary, in the sky, in the heavens, superterrestrial,
Opposite: terrestrial, earthly,
Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum ‘heaven’.


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