Meanings
- Mormonismnot comparableOf or pertaining to the lowest degree of glory.
And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament.
1835, Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Doctrine and Covenants, 76:81
Origin
- Latintellus“ground or earth”
- Ancient Greekτέλος“end, purpose”
- Ancient Greekτῆλε“at a distance, far away”
- Englishtelestial
Uncertain. * Coined by Joseph Smith as a nonsensical blend of terrestrial + celestial, which are the names of the other two degrees of glory. * Possibly related to Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far away”), Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end, purpose”) * Also possibly Latin tellus (“ground or earth”).
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Finnish telestinen
- telestinenof or pertaining to the lowest degree of glory
French téleste
- télesteof or pertaining to the lowest degree of glory
Spanish telestial
- telestialof or pertaining to the lowest degree of glory
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