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telestial

adj
/təˈlɛst͡ʃəl/UK

Etymology

Uncertain. * Possibly a 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”).

  1. derived from tellus — “ground or earth”
  2. derived from τῆλε

Definitions

  1. Of 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.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for telestial. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA