heavenly body

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heavenly body

noun heavenly bodies

  1. A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.

    Similar: celestial body, wanderstar

  2. An astronomical object.
  3. The recreated, angel-like body that people will have in heaven.

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noun natural celestial body

Españolcuerpo celeste
한국어천체 cheonche
日本語天体 tentai
中文天體 /天体 tiāntǐ
हिन्दीखगोलीय वस्तु khagolīya vastu, खगोलीय पिंड khagolīya piṇḍ
Portuguêscorpo celeste
Françaiscorps céleste
DeutschHimmelskörper, Gestirn
Italianocorpo celeste
Ελληνικάουράνιο σώμα ouránio sóma
Românăcorp ceresc, astru
Русскийнебе́сное те́ло nebésnoje télo
Tiếng Việtthiên thể
العربيةجِرْم سَمَاوِيّ jirm samāwiyy, جِرْم فَلَكِيّ jirm falakiyy

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@misc{heavenly_body_2026,
  title = {heavenly body},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heavenly%20body},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}