Meanings
- poeticNickname for Fredericton: the capital of New Brunswick, Canada.
Then the river widens out, and over its shining expanse we see the long bridges, the spires, and the billowy foliage of the city of elms, Fredericton, which is called by New-Brunswickers, in affectionate banter, the “Celestial City.”
1891, Charles G. D. Roberts, The Canadian Guide-book […] , New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 147 - fictionHeaven in the allegory The Pilgrim's Progress.
[…]I once was, as I thought, fair for the Cœleſtial City, and had then even joy at the thoughts that I ſhould get thither.
1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 29
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
In reference to the spires of the churches.
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