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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Celestine

/chĕl-ĕs-tēn'-ē/ · Cel·es·tine · IPA /tʃɛlɛstˈiːniː/
01 n. Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and …
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    Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.(Min.)
02 n. A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.
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    A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.(Eccl. Hist.)