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celestial (1121-25)
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celestial (1121-25)

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celestiau,  celestiel  (celiel (l. celestiel?)  Mirur1 83ra25)  
  FEW:  caelestis 2/i,34b Gdf:  celestial 2,9b GdfC: ∅ TL: celestïal 2,100 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  célestiel  TLF: ∅ OED:  celestial a. and n.  MED:  celestial a.  DMLBS:  caelestialis 237b

a.

theol.celestial, heavenly: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Reguard aveit angeliel E tut le cors celestiel  S Brend mup 1532
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Hevenfeld, cist nuns est engleis, Celestiel champ en franceis  Brut WACE 14456
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  la gloire celestiale  Dial Greg SATF 16365
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Le regne averunt celestial  S Fran ANTS 554
( MS: s.xiv1 )  (BVM:) vous servent les aungles du cel Et tute la court celestiel  MLR 13 315.26
celestial compaignie
theol. angels: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Par cent berbiz [...] Ce, nos est avis, senefie La celestial compaignie  Conception wace 410

s.

theol. the heavenly one, God: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Dementres que desseivret li celestiels les reis sur li, de neif serunt enblancit en Selmon (=Mount Zeldon)  Oxf Ps ANTS 80.67.15
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