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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Celebrity

/səl-ĕb'-rĭt-ē/ · Ce·leb·ri·ty · IPA /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/
01 n. Celebration; solemnization.
pl. Celebrities ((#))
  1. 1.
    Celebration; solemnization.[Obs.]
    “The celebrity of the marriage.” Bacon.
  2. 2.
    The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.
    “An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy.” Whewell.
  3. 3.
    A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.