Ce‐les″tial (?), a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L. caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See Cell.] 1. Belonging to the aërial 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.