Celestial City

noun

1. the goal of Christian's journey in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; the heavenly Jerusalem.

2. New Jerusalem.

Example Sentences

In that book, the pilgrim extricates himself from the Slough of Despond—essentially a giant water hazard—and makes his way to the aptly named Celestial City.

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But, unlike the stricken Christian, Van Dyk does not reach his Celestial City.

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Bunyan’s allegorical City of Destruction — and also, perhaps, the Celestial City that is its antithesis — is incarnated by modern Los Angeles.

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“Celestial City: Sydney’s Chinese story”, an exhibition at the Museum of Sydney, shows what happened next.

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Lewis uses his wardrobe to enter an entirely different realm - his destination is the Celestial City.

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