[f. as prec. + -ITY.]
1. Heavenly quality; heavenliness.
1875. Browning, Aristoph. Apol., 96. But, throw oft hate’s celestiality.
1844. F. A. Paley, Church Restorers, 56. The celestiality of countenance has never been equalled.
2. A Celestial (Chinese) dignitary. humorous.
1824–9. Landor, Imag. Conv., Wks. (1846), II. 118/1. His celestiality then waved his hand. [So often in L.]
