celestine

From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”), from caelum (“sky, heavens, Heaven”). Equivalent to celest +‎ -ine.

celestine (comparative more celestine, superlative most celestine)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.

celestine (plural celestines)

1. (obsolete) A heavenly being: an angel or other resident of Heaven.

From Italian celestina (“sky-blue”), from Latin caelestīnus, &c.

celestine (countable and uncountable, plural celestines)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.

• celestite

• “† celestine, adj. and n.¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1889.
• “celestine, n.³.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1889.
• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Celestine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “celestine”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

• telecines

celestine

1. feminine plural of celestino