celestial hierarchy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of celestial hierarchy
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The Copernican revolution overthrew a medieval cosmology with a tidier celestial hierarchy than our own.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2021
O music, sweetest, sublimest ideal of Omniscience, first-born of God, fairest and loftiest Seraph of the celestial hierarchy, Muse of the beautiful, daughter of the Universe!
From Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales by Robert L. Taylor
The same conception was extended to the celestial hierarchy.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
The pure spirits composed the nine choirs of the celestial hierarchy.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by John F. Blake
A celestial hierarchy was invented, with names, and an infernal hierarchy too; the malevolent ghosts of animism became fallen angels.
From Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge
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