What does this word mean to you

I’ll explain what it’s all about soon enough. I’ll leave it to run a while longer, though.

It isn’t pornographic.

If I treat it as word-association, three things come to mind in rapid succession. [spoiler]Of the sky. (What it actually means. Yes, this could mean outer space, but it could also mean the illusion of a blue dome overhead.)
Teh upper heaven in Mormon eschatology. (Thanks, LDS bestie!)
The “Unknowable Celestials” in Kirby’s Marvel work. (Space Gods. Really big.)

Mostly, “of the sky.”[/spoiler]

Ok, I’ll play too.

Having to do with the sky, or with heaven. Oh, and I guess there’s that brand of herbal teas with that name, too… Celestial Teas or something?

I can’t figure out what other meanings other people might get out of it.

heavenly

Of the heavens. Ethereal.

heavenly; astronomically-related

space, stars, then tea.

Not pornographic, huh? Okay, no idea, then.

Unless you were thinking of its specialized sense to mean:

In some outlaw Mormon branch or other, isn’t the phrase “celestial marriage” used as a poor excuse/euphemism for an older man to have multiple underage sexual partners?

Heavenly: to do with the sky (especially astronomical bodies) or the gods (who traditionally live in the sky; (by metaphorical extension) wonderful and beautiful.

That is out of my head, and without looking at other people’s answers.

What do I win?:stuck_out_tongue:

“Of the sky,” usually in scientific context (i.e., Celestial Object.) I’d be hard pressed to think of any other different use I would have for the word

See below…

starry
heavenly
sacred/otherworldly in some contexts, as in the phrase celestial host

Also brought to mind: the musical instrument the celeste, and Babar the Elephant’s wife, but those can’t be what you have in mind, surely.

And I probably should have said metonymic extension, rather than metaphorical, huh?

Pertaining to the cosmos/stars/outer space.

I decided to read this far before posting, and since all the “first thing to pop into my mind” meanings and synonyms that I would have mentioned have been mentioned multiple times I’ll just add a few oddball things in my memory:

[spoiler] -Brother Dave Gardner, a stand-up comedian from my college years, used to say “Ain’t that celestial?” as a tagline to something far out or absurd.

-Aren’t there some Celestial Seasonings brand spices or condiments?

-The thing about the Chinese did sound a little familiar but I can’t attribute it to a specific source or time I might have heard it
[/spoiler]

Do be a nice person and tell us your theory or whatever. Don’t allow this to become another

or worse. :smiley:

I’m guessing he’s referring to the meaning Senegoid references.

(Which I have heard of and would only stumble over briefly if I ran into it in its native context, but is not, due to its complete archaicness and from what I’ve seen, rarity even in that context, would never in a million years think of unbidden.)

Possibly, but there are other possibilities, including the one I mentioned:

The Mormon-offshoot illegal “celestial marriage”.

I’m sure the OP will be back soon to clue us in. He’s been around the SDMB a while.

[spoiler]Of or having to do with the stars in the sky.

Also a type of creature built using the template of the same name, conveying resistances, strength, magic resistance, and the Outsider designation.[/spoiler]

Interesting revelation as to how many of us have been proudly posting for years, without ever reading the full OP. :stuck_out_tongue:

pertaining to the sky, heaven, or outer space

So only synonyms?

Heavenly
Divine
Stellar