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
Much of the group’s cosmology derives from The Urantia Book, a mishmash of Christianity, metaphysics, and esoteric spirituality, that was purportedly written by celestial beings and published anonymously in 1955.
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Jane Borden, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2026
Opera singers were called divas because their voices opened something celestial.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
Book an astronomy tour to look through professional telescopes and learn more about the celestial beauty above.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
Let’s hope and pray for clear skies because this occultation will be one of the best celestial happenings in 2026!
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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Jane Borden, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2026
Opera singers were called divas because their voices opened something celestial.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
Book an astronomy tour to look through professional telescopes and learn more about the celestial beauty above.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
Let’s hope and pray for clear skies because this occultation will be one of the best celestial happenings in 2026!
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for celestial
Adjective
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Sold to Menemsha, genuinely tense and gorgeously shot, highlighting the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias sparked engagement rumors when she was spotted on the court wearing this heavenly, 11-carat pink diamond.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Football is the framing device for this romantic fantasy about LA Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton, who wins the starting job, then dies in a traffic accident while biking home (thanks to angelic error).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group is torn apart by their inner demons, threatening to turn their angelic encounter into a descent into hell.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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His first albums under his own name, 1995’s Earth & Nightfall and 1996’s cult classic Ten Days of Blue, were blissful-sounding ambient techno records that took the melodic sensibilities of the local scene to their cosmic extremes.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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Ashur awakes in this alternative timeline, but not all is blissful.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Celestial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celestial. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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