Celestial vs Holy - What's the difference?
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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.
Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
Revered in a religion.
Perfect or flawless.
Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
(slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
(archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in (Holy of Holies).
* Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art (1882) p. 146:
Celestial is a related term of holy.
As adjectives the difference between celestial and holy
is that celestial is relating to heaven in a religious sense while holy is naked.As a noun celestial
is an inhabitant of heaven or celestial can be (obsolete|sometimes|capitalized) a native of china.celestial
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Alternative forms
* (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
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holy
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Adjective
(er)- I'm planning to visit the holy city of Mecca this Ramadan.
- Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!
Synonyms
* (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god) sacred * (revered in a religion) sacred * faultless, flawless, perfect * (separated or set apart from something) sanctified * (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose) reserved, specialAntonyms
* (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god) * (revered in a religion) profane, secular, unholy, worldly * damaged, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect * (separated or set apart from something) * (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose) commonDerived terms
* holiest of holies * holiness * holy cats * holy cow * holy crap * Holy Ghost * Holy Grail * Holy of Holies * holy mackerel * holy moly, holy moley * holy Moses * holy mother of God * Holy See * holy shit * holy smoke * holy snakes * Holy Spirit * holy Toledo * Holy Trinity * holy war * holy water * Holy WeekNoun
(holies)- The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.