subcelestial

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adjective

Beneath the heavens, i.e. on Earth.

“subcelestial realm”

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Meanings

adjectivesubcelestial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBeneath the heavens, i.e. on Earth.

    subcelestial realm

    3 more examples

    subcelestial glories

    subcelestial vault

    [H]e [an apostle] vvas (as S. Cyril calleth him) an Oecumenical Judge, and an Inſtructor of all the Subceleſtiall VVorld.

    a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The II. [Supposition] that Saint Peter’s Primacy with its Rights and Prerogatives was Not Personal but Derivable to his Successours]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. […], London: […] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 114

Origin

From sub- + celestial.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subcelestial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcelestial.

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