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celebrity|sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ|
[ad. L. celebritāt-em, f. celebr-em famous, thronged; cf. F. célébrité.]
†1. Due observance of rites and ceremonies; pomp, solemnity. Obs.
1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. Pref. 6 Their general synods.. they have frequently held with great celebrity. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 585 Whose body..was remoued with all celebritie, and enshrined.
†2. A solemn rite or ceremony, a celebration.
1609Holland Amm. Marcell. Chronol. C iv a, As touching this celebrity of Sports, see Capitolinus. 1640Bp. Hall Chr. Moder. 9/2 Small cheer in comparison of that which he prepared for the celebrity of his son Isaac's weaning. 1655L'Estrange Chas. I, 6 The celebrities of his Fathers Funerall would be over. 1661S. Stone (title) Sermon at St. Paul's, 20 Oct... At the first Celebrity of Divine Service with the Organ and Choristers. 1774J. Bryant Mythol. I. 61 It generally shewed itself at times, when a celebrity was held.
3. The condition of being much extolled or talked about; famousness, notoriety.
1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. viii. §8 The dignity and celebrity of mother cities should be respected. 1751Johnson Rambl. No. 165 ⁋6, I did not find myself yet enriched in proportion to my celebrity. 1838Arnold Hist. Rome I. 332 Recommended to public notice by the celebrity of their family. 1863M. Arnold in Macm. Mag. 7 Jan. 255 They [Spinoza's successors] had celebrity, Spinoza has fame.
4. concr. A person of celebrity; a celebrated person: a public character.
1849Miss Mulock Ogilvies ii, Did you see any of those ‘celebrities,’ as you call them? 1856Emerson Eng. Traits xi. Wks. (Bohn) II. 86 One of the celebrities of wealth and fashion confessed..that, etc. 1876M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 99 Thronged with the spiritual celebrities of London.
▸ celebrity novel n. a novel written by or ascribed to a famous person, esp. one expected to sell on the strength of his or her fame.
1977Washington Post 24 Feb. d4/2 It helps, for example, to have a widely recognized name resulting in what Patrick Anderson calls ‘the *celebrity novel’. 1995Private Eye 27 Jan. 24/2 In the top ten..there are no celebrity novels, which one or two publishers might take as a hint.
▸ celebrity novelist n. (a) a famous public figure who publishes a novel, esp. one expected to sell on the strength of his or her celebrity; (b) a novelist who has become a celebrated public figure.
1986Chicago Tribune 1 June (Book World section) 40/2 *Celebrity novelists such as John Ehrlichman and Carroll Baker..seemed to be offering both autobiography and fiction. 1994Times 1 Apr. 33/1 A Thatcher novel would be everyone's dream. You can hardly think of a better celebrity novelist. 2000Wells Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 21 Sept. It started with a guest appearance of celebrity novelist Jane Rogers, who has had one of her novels, Mr Wroe's Virgins, recently adapted for television. |