heavenly : Idioms & Phrases


Diurnal motion of a heavenly body

  • that apparent motion of the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal motion.
Webster 1913

heavenly body

  • noun natural objects visible in the sky
    celestial body.
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heavenly city

  • noun phrases used to refer to Heaven
    Celestial City; Holy City; City of God.
    • the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'
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heavenly jewel

  • noun a member of the Taoist Trinity
    Tien-pao.
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Periodic time of a heavenly body

  • (Astron.), the time of a complete revolution of the body about the sun, or of a satellite about its primary.
Webster 1913

worship of heavenly bodies

  • noun the worship of planets or stars
    astrolatry.
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