a. Obs. [f. L. celebr-em + -OUS. Cf. CELEBRIOUS.] Famous, well-known.
1624. Darcie, Birth of Heresies, To Rdr. a 3. The Venetians beeing a people at this day celebrous, and famous for their Gouernement.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 317. The vulgar [Balm] is most celebrous.
1678. Pref. Rob. Hood, in Thoms, Prose Rom. (1858), II. Celebrous for the yielding of excellent whetstones.
