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Astral definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AS'TRAL, a. [L. astrum; Gr. a star.]
Belonging to the stars; starry.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars; "an astral body"; "stellar light" [syn: stellar, astral]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Late Latin astralis, from Latin astrum star, from Greek astron Date: 1605 1. of, relating to, or coming from the stars <astral influences> <unusual astral occurrences> 2. of or relating to a mitotic or meiotic aster 3. of or consisting of a supersensible substance held in theosophy to be next above the tangible world in refinement 4. a. visionary b. elevated in station or position ; exalted • astrally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of or connected with the stars. 2 consisting of stars; starry. 3 Theosophy relating to or arising from a supposed ethereal existence, esp. of a counterpart of the body, associated with oneself in life and surviving after death. Etymology: LL astralis f. astrum star

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Astral As"tral, a. 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an aster; as, astral rays; astral sphere. 2. (Theosophy) Consisting of, belonging to, or designating, a kind of supersensible substance alleged to be next above the tangible world in refinement; as, astral spirits; astral bodies of persons; astral current.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Astral As"tral, a. [L. astralis, fr. astrum star, Gr. ?: cf. F. astral. See Star.] Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike. Shines only with an astral luster. --I. Taylor. Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. --Dryden. Astral lamp, an Argand lamp so constructed that no shadow is cast upon the table by the flattened ring-shaped reservoir in which the oil is contained. Astral spirits, spirits formerly supposed to live in the heavenly bodies or the a["e]rial regions, and represented in the Middle Ages as fallen angels, spirits of the dead, or spirits originating in fire.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Astral means relating to the stars. (FORMAL) ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Starry, stellar, sidereal, star-like.

Moby Thesaurus

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