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单词 supernal
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Definition of supernal in English:

supernal

adjective suːˈpəːn(ə)lsəˈpərnl
literary
  • 1Relating to the sky or the heavens; celestial.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here the name of the possible supernal comes forward as a face full of brilliance, a self-organizing principle in the complex geometry of chance and revelation, an entire ethics, really.
    • This freedom, however, is enjoyed only by ‘the divine and supernal substances’ and by human beings engaged in the contemplation of God.
    • Contrast Zen, which is similar supernal understanding experienced as a single brief flash.
    • You may be trying to invoke the ‘echos from the supernal world’ but they're everywhere and where-ever people say they're doing magic there's a bit of truth there.
    • What are your thoughts on the Epistles of Paul as a source of supernal wisdom?
    1. 1.1 Of exceptional quality or extent.
      he is the supernal poet of our age
      supernal erudition

Derivatives

  • supernally

  • adverb
    literary
    • When it is done, the kitchen is exquisite, supernally clean.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was supernally beautiful, majestic, god-like, and impassive and impersonal to the last degree.
      • The songs, which are settings of John Clare, deal with stillness, and supernally dazzling summers.
      • With it came authority to confer the supernally precious gift of the Holy Ghost.
      • It consists of 100-odd supernally beautiful snippets of video that someone has anonymously posted on the Web.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin supernalis, from Latin supernus, from super 'above'.

Rhymes

colonel, diurnal, eternal, external, fraternal, infernal, internal, journal, kernel, maternal, nocturnal, paternal, vernal
 
 

Definition of supernal in US English:

supernal

adjectivesəˈpərnlsəˈpərnl
literary
  • 1Relating to the sky or the heavens; celestial.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here the name of the possible supernal comes forward as a face full of brilliance, a self-organizing principle in the complex geometry of chance and revelation, an entire ethics, really.
    • You may be trying to invoke the ‘echos from the supernal world’ but they're everywhere and where-ever people say they're doing magic there's a bit of truth there.
    • Contrast Zen, which is similar supernal understanding experienced as a single brief flash.
    • This freedom, however, is enjoyed only by ‘the divine and supernal substances’ and by human beings engaged in the contemplation of God.
    • What are your thoughts on the Epistles of Paul as a source of supernal wisdom?
    1. 1.1 Of exceptional quality or extent.
      he is the supernal poet of our age
      supernal erudition

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin supernalis, from Latin supernus, from super ‘above’.

 
 
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