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celestial | spire |

As nouns the difference between celestial and spire

is that celestial is an inhabitant of heaven or celestial can be (obsolete|sometimes|capitalized) a native of china while spire is or spire can be one of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.

As an adjective celestial

is relating to heaven in a religious sense.

As a verb spire is

of a seed, plant etc: to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate or spire can be (obsolete) to breathe.

celestial

English

Alternative forms

* (qualifier)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) celestial, from .

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to heaven in a religious sense.
  • (Milton)
  • Relating to the sky or space.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The twelve celestial signs.
  • (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 citation
  • , 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 citation
  • , 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?}}
    Synonyms
    * (Relating to heaven in a religious sense) divine, heavenly, spiritual
    Derived terms
    * celestial body * Celestial Empire * celestial equator * celestial globe * celestial guidance * celestial horizon * celestial latitude * celestial longitude * celestial navigation * celestial peace * celestial pole * celestial sphere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant of heaven.
  • * {{quote-book , year=1913 , author=Horace Coffin Stanton , title=Telepathy of the Celestial World citation
  • , passage=For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that. }}

    Etymology 2

    From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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 citation
  • , 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.
  • References

    * * * Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org. ----

    spire

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch spier, German Spier, (Spiere), Danish spir, Norwegian spir, Swedish spira.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
  • * 1913 ,
  • Clara had pulled a button from a hollyhock spire , and was breaking it to get the seeds.
  • A sharp or tapering point.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=1 citation , passage=A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.}}
  • A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
  • The spire of the church rose high above the town.
  • The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
  • * Shakespeare
  • the spire and top of praises
  • (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
  • Verb

    (spir)
  • Of a seed, plant etc.: to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.5:
  • In gentle Ladies breste and bounteous race / Of woman kind it fayrest Flowre doth spyre , / And beareth fruit of honour and all chast desyre.
  • * Mortimer
  • It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms.
  • To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) spirer, and its source, (etyl) .

    Verb

    (spir)
  • (obsolete) To breathe.
  • (Shenstone)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) spire.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
  • A spiral.
  • (Dryden)
  • (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
  • Anagrams

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