as in heavenly
of, relating to, or suggesting heaven
movie scenes depicting life after death are usually accompanied by celestial music
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Recent Examples of celestial
Arcturus appears to be at the tail of a giant upright celestial kite.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Space aficionados not in the path can still join in on the celestial fun.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Here's what Kentuckians should know about catching Saturn and other September celestial occurrences.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
This summer rounds out with one more celestial moonwalk, which promises to shake up our lives — but in a fun and exciting way.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 4 Sep. 2025
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Space aficionados not in the path can still join in on the celestial fun.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Here's what Kentuckians should know about catching Saturn and other September celestial occurrences.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
This summer rounds out with one more celestial moonwalk, which promises to shake up our lives — but in a fun and exciting way.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for celestial
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The merriment turned bittersweet when the camera panned over to the late, great Maggie Smith as the legendary Dowager Countess, followed by a heavenly shot of Jessica Brown Findlay as poor Lady Sybil, who died shortly after giving birth in Season 3.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
13 Sep. 2025
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Schedule in for a heavenly hammam treatment at Joali Maldives, one of just a few in the country with this traditional treatment.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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The film opens just as its predecessor ended, with a handy recap explaining how Ne Zha and his angelic counterpart, Ao Bing, ended up in need of bodily reincarnation.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Luanne, Hank’s angelic and naive niece who filled out the Hill family, was voiced by Brittany Murphy, who died in 2009, and her role was not recast out of respect.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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Colorful Mérida has no beaches of its own, but with the blissful town of Celestún just an hour and a half away, most travelers won't mind.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Robbie’s practical version of that blissful beach is a remote quarry near his rural home.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Celestial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celestial. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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