cælest

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Swedish

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Adjective

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cælest (comparative cælestare, superlative cælestast)

  1. (rare spelling) Obsolete spelling of celest (“celestial”)..
    • 1835, Biographiskt lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska män, Almquist, Carl Jonas Ludvig, pages 138–139:
      Det är nemligen ett sträfvande ”efter himmelskt och jordiskt tillika — af cælest sentiment och tillika ren natur.”
      Namely, it is a striving "for heavenly and earthly at the same time — of celestial sentiment and at the same time pure nature."

Usage notes

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  • The etymologically inconsistent spelling cœlest is much more common.
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