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CELESTINE
Etymology 1
Adjective
celestine (comparative more celestine, superlative most celestine)
(obsolete) synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.
Noun
celestine (plural celestines)
(obsolete) A heavenly being: an angel or other resident of Heaven.
Etymology 2
Noun
celestine (countable and uncountable, plural celestines)
(mineral) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO4, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.
Synonyms
• celestite
Anagrams
• telecines
Noun
Celestine (plural Celestines)
(Roman Catholicism) A member of a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244.
Synonyms
• Celestinian
Proper noun
Celestine
A female given name
Anagrams
• telecines
Source: Wiktionary
Cel"es*tine, Cel"es*tite,, n. Etym: [LL. caelestinus bine.] (Min.)
Definition: Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.
Cel"es*tine, Cel`es*tin"i*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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