Celestial City (Noun)
Meaning
Phrases used to refer to Heaven; "the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The pilgrim's journey was long and arduous, but the promise of the Celestial City kept him going.
- In the Celestial City, all sorrows and troubles are washed away, and the inhabitants live in eternal bliss.
- The gates of the Celestial City shone like gold in the sunlight, welcoming the righteous to enter.
- As he lay on his deathbed, the old man's eyes looked towards the heavens, his spirit longing for the Celestial City.
- According to the teachings of the church, the faithful would ascend to the Celestial City after a life of virtue and devotion.