supercelestial

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ celestial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsupə(ɹ)səˈlɛsti.əl/, /ˌsupə(ɹ)səˈlɛst͡ʃəl/

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Adjective

supercelestial (comparative more supercelestial, superlative most supercelestial)

1. Situated above the heavens.
   • 1899, The Edinburgh Review 1899-01: Volumr 189, Issue 377‎, Longmans, Green and Company, Open Court Publishing Company, page 42:

     From the point of view of thought the inscription is based upon the mystic doctrine of the differing forms of fire given by Mr. Pater in his study of ‘ Pico della Mirandola,’ and resumed in the formula, ‘the elemental burns, the heavenly vivifies, ‘ the supercelestial loves.’ In the pictures, where the first is merely of the nature of a prologue, each fire—the fire of passion consuming, the fire of life vitalising, the fire of love adoring—is portrayed in operation and effect. As a chronicle of events the series is no less complete.

   • 1940, Alvin Boyd Kuhn, The Lost Light‎, Henry Colt and Company, page 137:

     “So that all things are full of divine natures; terrestrial natures receiving the plenitude of such as are celestial, but celestial of supercelestial essences; while every order of things proceeds gradually, in a beautiful descent, from the highest to the lowest. For whatever particulars are collected into one above the order of things, are afterwards dilated in descending, various souls being distributed under their various ruling divinities.”

   • 2022, John Opsopaus, The Secret Texts of Hellenic Polytheism: A Practical Guide to the Restored Pagan Religion of George Gemistos Plethon, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:

     Zeus directly produces the supercelestial gods, divided into Olympians and Titans.

2. Higher than celestial; superangelic.

Translations

Situated above the heavens

Finnish: taivaanylinen, taivaanpäällinen Polish: nadgwiezdny Romanian: supracelest Russian: please add this translation if you can

Higher than celestial