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Celestine - 11 dictionary results

Cel⋅es⋅tine I

[sel-uh-stahyn, si-les-tin, -tahyn]
–noun
Saint, died a.d. 432, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 422–432.

Celestine II

–noun
(Guido di Castello), fl. 12th century, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1143–44.

Celestine III

–noun
(Giacinto Bobone), died 1198, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1191–98.

Celestine IV

–noun
(Godfrey Castiglione), died 1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1241.

Celestine V

–noun
Saint (Pietro di Murrone or Morone), 1215–96, Italian ascetic: pope 1294.

cel⋅es⋅tite

[sel-uh-stahyt]
–noun
a white to pale-blue mineral, strontium sulfate, SrSO4, occurring in tabular crystals, the principal ore of strontium.
Also, cel⋅es⋅tine [sel-i-stin, -stahyn] .


Origin:
1850–55; celest(ine) celestite (< G Zölestin < L coelest(is), var. of caelestis celestial + G -in -in 2 ) + -ite 1
cel·es·tine     (sěl'ĭ-stĭn', -stīn', sə-lěs'tĭn, -tīn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   See celestite.


[German Zölestin, from Latin caelestis, celestial; see celestial.]

cel·es·tite     (sěl'ĭ-stīt', sə-lěs'tīt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A white, red-brown, orange, or light blue principal strontium ore, essentially strontium sulfate, SrSO4, found in sedimentary rock. Also called celestine.


[celestine + -ite1.]

Celestine, IN Zip code(s): 47521

Celestine

Cel"es*tine\, Celestite \Cel"es*tite\,, n. [LL. caelestinus bine.] (Min.) Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.

Celestine

Cel"es*tine\, Celestinian \Cel`es*tin"i*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.

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