adj, noun — 4 senses
Etymology From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”), from caelum (“sky, heavens, Heaven”). Equivalent to celest + -ine.
Obsolete Synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂i-lom Proto-Italic *kailom? Latin caelum Latin terrestris Latin -estris Latin caelestis Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin caelestinus Latin Caelestinuslbor. English Celestine Learned borrowing from Latin Caelestinus.
Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism A member of a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244.
Etymology From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”), from caelum (“sky, heavens, Heaven”). Equivalent to celest + -ine.
Obsolete A heavenly being: an angel or other resident of Heaven.
Etymology From Italian celestina (“sky-blue”), from Latin caelestīnus, &c.
Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mineralogy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.
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