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Webster 1913 Edition


Supernal

Su-per′nal

,
Adj.
[L.
supernus
, from
super
above: cf. F.
supernel
. See
Super-
.]
1.
Being in a higher place or region; locally higher;
as, the
supernal
orbs;
supernal
regions
.
“That supernal judge.”
Shak.
2.
Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly;
as,
supernal
grace
.
Not by the sufferance of
supernal
power.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Supernal

SUPERN'AL

,
Adj.
[L. supernus,super.] Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as the supernal orbs; supernal regions.
1.
Relating to things above; celestial; heavenly; as supernal grace.
Not by the sufferings of supernal pow'r.

Definition 2024


supernal

supernal

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Adjective

supernal (comparative more supernal, superlative most supernal)

  1. Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
      [] and there, after due prayers to the gods who dwell in ether supernal, had taken solemn counsel whereby they might, if so be it might be, bring once more into honour among mortal men the winged speech of the seadivided Gael.
  2. Exalted, exquisite, superlative.
    • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
      Pig, not normally reticent in these matters, now acted like a mystic after a vision; unable, maybe unwilling, to put in words this ineffable or supernal talent of Panky’s.

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