Celestial and Terrene

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Celestial adjective - Of, relating to, or suggesting heaven.

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Terrene is an antonym for celestial.

Nearby Word: Celeste

Terrene adjective - Having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven.

Usage example: in the expenditure of his psychic energies, he strives to strike a balance between the celestial and the terrene

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Celestial is an antonym for terrene.

Jonson mentions that the initial choice for translator thought Genesis should begin with "In the initiality of the mundane entity the Omnicompetent fabricated the celestial and terrene quiddities."

Source: Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness

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