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supernal

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supernal  \Su*per"nal\,  a.  [L.  supernus  from  super  above:  cf  F. 
  supernel.  See  {Super-}.] 
  1.  Being  in  a  higher  place  or  region;  locally  higher;  as  the 
  supernal  orbs;  supernal  regions.  ``That  supernal  judge.'' 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Relating  or  belonging  to  things  above;  celestial; 
  heavenly;  as  supernal  grace. 
 
  Not  by  the  sufferance  of  supernal  power.  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supernal 
  adj  1:  being  or  coming  from  on  high;  "interpret  the  plague  as  a 
  visitation  from  heaven,  a  supernal  punishment  for  the 
  sins  of  men"  [ant:  {infernal}] 
  2:  of  heaven  or  the  spirit;  "celestial  peace";  "ethereal 
  melodies";  "the  supernal  happiness  of  a  quiet  death"  [syn: 
  {celestial},  {ethereal}]




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