Celestial vs Galaxy - What's the difference?
celestial | galaxy |
Relating to heaven in a religious sense.
Relating to the sky or space.
* Shakespeare
(Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
* {{quote-journal , year=1974 , date=February , title=A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee , journal=Ensign
, passage=We are now living and obeying celestial' laws that will make us candidates for ' celestial glory.}}
* {{quote-journal , year=1997 , date=November , author=Richard J. Maynes , title=A Celestial Connection to Your Teenage Years , journal=Ensign
, passage=How will you make it through your teenage years spiritually prepared for your celestial' future? How will you connect your ' celestial goals with your everyday life?}}
An inhabitant of heaven.
* {{quote-book , year=1913 , author=Horace Coffin Stanton , title=Telepathy of the Celestial World
, passage=For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that. }}
(obsolete, sometimes, capitalized) A native of China.
* {{quote-book , year=1897 , author=Joseph Llewelyn Thomas , title=Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895 , chapter=The North Pacific
, passage=Three celestials died during the voyage, and, in accordance with the contract, their remains were embalmed and carried on to China.}}
(obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.
* 1633 , John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
As nouns the difference between celestial and galaxy
is that celestial is an inhabitant of heaven while galaxy is the Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.As an adjective celestial
is relating to heaven in a religious sense.As a proper noun Galaxy is
the Milky Way Galaxy, from when it was thought the Universe (our universe) had only one galaxy.celestial
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* (qualifier)Etymology 1
From (etyl) celestial, from .Adjective
(-)- (Milton)
- The twelve celestial signs.
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Synonyms
* (Relating to heaven in a religious sense) divine, heavenly, spiritualDerived terms
* celestial body * Celestial Empire * celestial equator * celestial globe * celestial guidance * celestial horizon * celestial latitude * celestial longitude * celestial navigation * celestial peace * celestial pole * celestial sphereNoun
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Etymology 2
From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.Noun
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References
* * *Kingdoms of Gloryon LDS.org. ----
galaxy
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(galaxies)- So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].