celestial

• In reference to the comment about "disparaging words", a SERAPH in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literature is defined as a celestial being variously described as having two or three pairs of wings and serving as a throne guardian of God. —  News for WSLS 10
• Though not celestial, the hosts terrestrial soared as though their voices were wingd. —  News/local from www.chieftain.com
• The glory of the terrestrial was one, and the glory of the celestial was another. —  The Octopus : A story of California
• That is what we call the celestial nose, because it is always pointing skyward and serves as a perpetual interrogation point. —  How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony
• This spirit germ, born into the present life, assimilates and holds the present body around it, out of the materials of this world; born into the future life, it will assimilate and hold around it a different body, out of the materials of the future world.25 Thus there are bodies terrestrial and bodies celestial: the glory of the terrestrial is one, fitted to this scene of things; the glory of the celestial is another, fitted to the scene of things hereafter to dawn. —  The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life

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