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Celestial Empire

noun

  1. the former Chinese Empire.


Celestial Empire

noun

  1. an archaic or literary name for the Chinese Empire


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Celestial Empire1

First recorded in 1815–25

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Example Sentences

Civilization has hunted them out of the Celestial Empire, but they are met with in Tartary, even in extremely cold latitudes.

As we are now at peace with the Celestial Empire, our mediation may be made available to terminate the contest.

He pursued it ten years, merely as a study of the race, intending to write a grand poem on the Celestial Empire.

I will escort you to the celestial empire; I have no very clear idea what road we must take; but, no matter!

It was a large sheet having a broad border, on two sides of which was the figure of a Dragon (the symbol of the Celestial Empire).

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