celestite

[sel-uh-stahyt]

noun

a white to pale-blue mineral, strontium sulfate, SrSO4, occurring in tabular crystals, the principal ore of strontium.

Also cel·es·tine

[sel-i-stin, -stahyn] /ˈsɛl ɪ stɪn, -ˌstaɪn/.

Origin of celestite

1850–55; celest(ine) celestite (< German Zölestin < Latin coelest(is), variant of caelestis celestial + German -in -in²) + -ite¹

Celestine I

[sel-uh-stahyn, si-les-tin, -tahyn]

noun

Saint,died a.d. 432, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 422–432.

Celestine II

noun

Guido di Castello, flourished 12th century, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1143–44.

Celestine III

noun

Giacinto Bobone, died 1198, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1191–98.

Celestine IV

noun

Godfrey Castiglione, died 1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1241.

Celestine V

noun

SaintPietro di Murrone or Morone, 1215–96, Italian ascetic: pope 1294.

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Examples from the Web for celestine

Historical Examples of celestine

Doctor Matheus, as Mlle. Celestine had said, was young and handsome.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851
Various
"My Lady will see you, sir," said Celestine, breaking in upon his musings.
The Daltons, Volume I (of II)
Charles James Lever
We have never got the right end of that story about the Princess Celestine as yet.
The Fortunes Of Glencore
Charles James Lever
She is the steamship Celestine, and she is but a little lady.
Old Junk
H. M. Tomlinson
But I sail tonight, and so the barometer is falling, and I do not know where Celestine will take me.
Old Junk
H. M. Tomlinson

British Dictionary definitions for celestine

celestite

celestine (ˈsɛlɪstɪn, -ˌstaɪn)

noun

a white, red, or blue mineral consisting of strontium sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form: a source of strontium compounds. Formula: SrSO 4

Word Origin for celestite

C19: from German Zölestin, from Latin caelestis celestial (referring to the blue colour) + -ite 1

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