† celsituden.
/ˈsɛlsɪtjuːd/ Obsolete (exc. humorous).
1.
a. Lofty position, high rank; dignity, eminence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun]
athelc885
highnesseOE
brightnessOE
thrumOE
worshipOE
highship?c1225
nobleyec1300
pridec1330
realtya1375
rialtya1375
greatnessc1384
nobletya1387
magnificencec1390
regalya1393
greatheada1400
hautesse1399
lordliness1440
celsitudec1450
excelsitudec1470
state1488
princeliness1545
kingliness1548
royalty1548
amplitudec1550
grandity1589
grandeur1600
glory1613
majesticalness1613
augusteity1615
grandezza1629
augustness1644
raisedness1645
celsity1656
splendidnessa1657
grandness1663
exaltedness1730
halo1813
queenliness1831
aureole1852
magnateship1916
c1450 Crt. of Love lxxxviii Honour to thee..Goddess of love, and to thy celsitude.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 81 Ioy be and grace onto thi selcitud.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 22/2 Thys celsitude and regalitie of ye Pope.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Yy4v See what Celsitud of honor Plinius secundus attributeth to Traiane. View more context for this quotation
1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 121 It doth over-shadow them all with the top of its celsitude.
b. As a title or form of address; = highness n.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun]
yea1225
my Lordc1300
seigniorc1330
squire1382
noblessec1390
lordship1394
grace1423
gentlenessc1425
magnificencec1425
noblenessc1425
greatness1473
worshipc1475
your mightinessa1500
excellency?1533
celsitude1535
altitude1543
Your Honour1551
sublimity1553
excellencea1592
captal1592
gentleperson1597
clemencya1600
gravity1618
grace1625
grandeur1632
eximiousness1648
professorship1656
prince1677
excellenceshipc1716
Graceship1804
seigniorship1823
valiancy1828
your seignorie1829
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 177 I beseik, he said, thi celsitude, Exerce thi strenth.
1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 265 His Celsitude gave him men to guard him.
2. Loftiness, exaltation; exalted character.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun]
nobleyec1300
noblenessa1382
celsitude1570
raisedness1645
heroicalness1647
celsity1656
exaltedness1659
heroism1672
loftinessa1677
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1217/2 Whose..celsitude of minde no man..may sufficiently expresse.
1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist 185 Such a celsitude of spirit.
a1761 W. Law Behmen's Wks. (1765) 14 Sensibility, Finding, and Celsitude.
3. Height, tallness. (Now humorous.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun]
longitude?a1425
grandeurc1500
tallness1535
procerity1550
pre-eminence1589
celsitude1678
properness1706
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level > great or considerable
highnesseOE
heighta1400
tallness1535
excelsity1623
precipice1650
celsitude1678
loftiness1781
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Celsitude, tallness, heighth.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Celsitude, Highness, Height, Talness.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. i. 13 Peter Peebles in his usual plenitude of wig and celsitude of hat.
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