celestite

[sel-uh-stahyt]

noun

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

Nearby words

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.

Examples from the Web for celestine

Celestine looked at the man behind his glasses, and understood the matter.
Bureaucracy|Honore de Balzac
Celestine opened the letter, and a flush of pleasure came into her face.
Bureaucracy|Honore de Balzac
The Church, on the contrary, puts Celestine among the saints on account of his extraordinary virtues.
The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6|E. Rameur
The one image which stood clearly out of the confusion was that of the Celestine, raising gracious spars above the house-tops.
The Happy Venture|Edith Ballinger Price

Once or twice she took a quiet dinner there alone, having instructed Celestine beforehand to prepare no dinner at home.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

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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