English Explanatory Dictionary

celestine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.
noun
  1. A heavenly being: an angel or other resident of Heaven.
noun
  1. A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.
noun
  1. A member of a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244.
name
  1. A unisex given name.

Word forms

celestine more celestine most celestine celestines

Etymology

From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”), from caelum (“sky, heavens, Heaven”). Equivalent to celest + -ine.

Synonyms

celestial celestite Celestinian
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