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Celestial Empire
noun
- the former Chinese Empire.
Celestial Empire
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Celestial Empire1
First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences
Civilization has hunted them out of the Celestial Empire, but they are met with in Tartary, even in extremely cold latitudes.
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As we are now at peace with the Celestial Empire, our mediation may be made available to terminate the contest.
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He pursued it ten years, merely as a study of the race, intending to write a grand poem on the Celestial Empire.
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I will escort you to the celestial empire; I have no very clear idea what road we must take; but, no matter!
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It was a large sheet having a broad border, on two sides of which was the figure of a Dragon (the symbol of the Celestial Empire).
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