celantes 
syllogism, having the major premise and conclu- 
sion universal negatives and the minor prem- 
ise a universal affirmative. It is the same argument 
as camenen (which Bee), but with transposed premises. 
H'ive (if the letters of tin' won! are significant : c signifies 
redui'tinM t" ''/'"''lit ami * the .simple conversion cif the 
conclusion, while the three vowels show the quantity and 
quality of the three propositions. See mood'*. 
celarent (se-la'rent), n. In loyic, the mnemonic 
name of a mood of the first figure of syllogism. 
Its major premise is a universal negative, its minor a uni- 
versal affirmative, and its conclusion a universal negative 
proposition, For example : \u ..Mr en-hived liy hi* ap 
petites is free ; every sensualist is enslaved by his :tppe 
tites ; therefore, no sensualist, is free. See NM/'-'. 
Celastraceae (sel-as-tra'se-e), n. jil. [NL., < 
Ci'/atitnix + -areir.] A natural order of poly- 
petalous exogens, consisting of shrubs or trees 
of temperate and tropical regions, allied to the 
Kliamnarete, from which they differ especially 
in having the stamens opposite to the sepals, 
and in the arillate seeds. The most prominent 
genera are I'l'ltixtrux and Kiinnyiiiu.i, the staff- 
tree and spindle-tree (which see). 
celastraceous (sol-as-tra'shius), a. Belonging 
to the natural order of plants I'l'lantramr. 
celastrin, celastrine (se-lus'trin), . [< ( w.s-- 
tntx + -in", -/<;'*.] A bitter principle obtained 
from the leaves of the Abyssinian Celastrun 
iiliKcurii*. 
Celastms (se-las'trus), . [NL., < Gr. Kti'Adarpa, 
nf//.aaTpnc., commonly K;//OT/JOV, an evergreen 
tree, privet or holly.] A genus of shrubby 
climbers or trees, natural order Celastracetf, 
natives of America and of the mountains of 
India, China, Japan, and parts of Africa : com- 
monly Called staff-lri'ca. The common species of the 
Tnitea States, C. xcaiutunn, known as rlitnlnwf tritteririeeet 
or ii'njritiirk, has a very ornamental fruit, the orange-color- 
ed capsules disclosing on dehiscence reddish-brown seeds 
eoated with a scarlet aril. See cut under liillcr.iin;-l. 
celatet, " |X It. wltita: see srtltet 2 ; cf. celatle.] 
An old spelling of salleft, a helmet. 
celaturet (sel'a-tur), n. [< L. ccelatura, < ca-- 
lare, pp. cailaius, carve, engrave, emboss: see 
ceil, r. Doublet, celure, q. v.] 1. The act or 
art of engraving, chasing, or embossing metals. 
2. Engraved, chased, or embossed decoration 
on metal. 
They admitted, even in the utensils of the church, some 
''f'tturi'x and engravings. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 205. 
-cele. [< Gr. icip.ti, Attic Ka>.n, a tumor.] The 
final element in many medical terms, signifying 
a tumor : as, bronchoceie, varicocete. 
celebrablet (sel'e-bra-bl), a. [ME., < OF. cele- 
brnble, F. celcbrable "= Pg. celebravel = It. cele- 
brabile, < L. celfbrabilis, < celebrare : see cele- 
brate.] That may be, or is proper to be, cele- 
brated. [Rare.] 
Hercules is celebrable for his hard travaile. Chaucer. 
celebrant (sel'e-brant), n, [= F. celebrant = 
Sp. Pg. It. celebrante, < L. celebran(t-)s, ppr. of 
celebrare: see celebrate.'] One who celebrates ; 
specifically, in the Roman and Anglican 
churches, the chief officiating priest in offering 
mass or celebrating the eucharist, as distin- 
guished from his assistants. 
celebrate (sel'e-brat), . t. ; pret. and pp. cele- 
brated, ppr. celebrating. [< L. celebratus, pp. of 
atlebrare (> F. eel f brer = Pr. Sp. Pg. celebrar = 
It. celebrare), frequent, go to in great numbers, 
celebrate, honor, praise, < celcber, also Celebris, 
frequented, populous.] 1. To make known, 
especially with nonor or praise; extol; glorify. 
For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate 
thee. Isa. xxxviii. 18. 
The Sonus of Sion . . . were . . . psalms and pieces of 
poetry that . . . celebrated the Supreme Being. 
Addition, Spectator, No. 405. 
To celebrate the golden prime 
Of good Haronn Alraschid. 
Tennyifon, Arabian Nights. 
The reproach so often brought against the literature of 
classic times, that the great poets of Greece and Rome never 
''Icbrate the praises of natural scenery, does not lie at the 
door of the Persian bards. .V. A. Rev., CXL 330. 
2. To commemorate or honor with demonstra- 
tions of joy, sorrow, respect, etc. : as, to cele- 
brate a birthday or other anniversary ; to cele- 
brate a victory. 
From even unto even shall ye celebrate your sabbath. 
Lev. xxiii. 32. 
Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes 
Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, 
The bird of dawning siugeth all night long. 
Shnk., Hamlet, i. 1. 
3. To perform solemnly or with appropriate 
rites and ceremonies : as, to celebrate mass ; to 
celebrate a marriage or a public funeral. 
Yet there, my queen, 
We'll celebrate their nuptials. Shak., Pericles, v. :i. 
877 
= Syn. 1. To laud, magnify, glorify. 2,3. Krrp, nhtrrrf, 
Solemnize, ('i-ti'liniti', i'miiini-iinirrtti'. hefj' is all Idiomatic 
word for otitterve. : as, to keep the Sabbath; to k>'fi> Lent 
or feast-days. To obnerve is to pay regard to, in a lever 
ent and especially a religious way. (See i>tixi'rrnn<-f.) \\ < 
speak of uh.vrn'ii'i tin- Sahltath, of nl,*<>i-rin'i the wishes of 
one's father. To >o/.-m/><- i to eeleltrate religiously. To 
crMirale is to mark, distinguish, or perform with joy and 
honor : as, to celebrate on anniversary ; to </!, rnti' a mar- 
riage. To commemorate U to keep in memory public and 
solemn acU : as, to commemorate the resurrection by <>h 
serving Easter. 
The hidiest of all holidays are th 
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart. 
l.tni'ih'lluir, Holidays. 
With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies, 
Which I have seen thee careful to obtene. 
Shall., Tit. And., v. 1. 
And when your honours mean to golenuti*> 
The bargain of your faith, I do heseech you, 
Even at that time I may be married too. 
Shak., M. of V., ill. 2. 
On theatres of turf, in homely state, 
Old plays they act, old feasts they 
lifwii'it, IT. of Juvenal's Satires, ill. 2S. 
Sir, we ore assembled to f<nnni<-tnt-<it<- the establishment 
of great public principles of lilwrty. 
I), n'elntfi; Speech, Hunker Hill, June 17, 1825. 
celebrated (sel'l-bra-ted), p. a. [Pp. of cele- 
brate, r.] Having celebrity; distinguished; 
mentioned with praise or honor ; famous ; well- 
known. 
The i-'-[>-li,;it'':l uorksof antiquity, which have stood the 
test of so many different ages. Add/Mm. 
= Syn. A"'"/. A'' niiirn-'il, etc. See/fli/wwx. 
celebratedness (sel'e-bra-ted-nes), . [< cele- 
brated + -Meg*.] The state or condition of be- 
ing celebrated. Scott. [Rare.] 
celebrater, celebrator (sel'e-bra-ter, -tor), n, 
One who celebrates. 
I am really more a well-wisher to your felicity, than a 
celfbrater of your Iwanty. 
Pope, To Mrs. A. Keruior on her Marriage. 
celebration (sel-e-bra'shqn), n. [= F. c6Ubra- 
tion = Sp. celebracion = Pg. cclebrac,3o = It. ce- 
lebrazione, < L. celtbratio(n-), a numerous as- 
semblage, a festival, a praising, < celebrare : see 
celebrate.] 1. The act of celebrating, (a) The 
act of praising or extolling ; commemoration ; commen- 
dation ; honor or distinction bestowed, whether by songs 
and eulogies or by rites and ceremonies. 
His memory deserving a particular celebration. 
Lord Clarendon. 
(6) The act of performing or observing with appropriate 
rites or ceremonies : as, the celebration of a marriage ; the 
celebration of mass. 
Celebration of mass is equivalent to offering moss. 
Cath. DM. 
2. That which is done to celebrate anything; 
a commemorative, honorific, or distinguishing 
ceremony, observance, or performance : as, to 
arrange for or hold a celebration ; the ode is a 
celebration of victory. 
What time we will a celebration keep 
According to my birth. Shak., T. N., iv. 2. 
celebrator, n. See celebrater. 
celebrioust (se-leb'ri-us), a. [< L. Celebris, cele- 
brated, + -ow.l Famous; renowned. Strype. 
celebriouslyt (se-leb'ri-us-li), adc. With praise 
or renown. [Rare.] 
celebriousnesst (se-leb'ri-us-nes), . Fame ; re- 
nown. [Rare.] 
celebrity (se-leb'ri-ti), . ; pi. celebrities (-tiz). 
[= F. celebrity = Pr. celebritat = Sp. celebridatl 
= Pg. celebridade = It. celebrita, < L. celebri- 
ta(t-)s, a multitude, fame, renown, < celeber: 
see celebrate.'] 1. The condition of being cele- 
brated ; fame ; renown ; distinction : as, the ce- 
lebrity of George Washington; the celebrity of 
Homer or of the Iliad. 
An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. 
Whemll. 
Egypt has lost the celebrity which it enjoyed in ancient 
times for its fine linen. 
K. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 3. 
2. A celebrated person or (very rarely) thing: 
as, a celebrity at the bar or in the church ; what 
are the celebrities of this townT 3f. Celebra- 
tion. 
The manner of her receiving, and the celebrity at the 
marriage, were performed with great magnificence. Bacim. 
celebroust (sel'e-brus), a. [< L. celeber, cele- 
brated, + -out; cf. F. celebre = Sp. celebre =. 
Pg. It. celebre.] Celebrated. 
celemin (Sp. pron. thel-a-men'), w. [Sp., = Pg. 
celamim, sclamim.] 1. Same as almua. 2. A 
Spanish measure of land, equal to 48 square 
estadals, or about one eighth of an acre. 
celeomorph (sel'e-o-mdrf ), n. A celeomorphic 
bird, as a woodpecker. 
Celeomorphae (sel'e-p-m6r'fe), . pi. [NL. 
(Huxley, 1867), < Celeus + Gr. popfci, form.] 
celestial 
The woodpeckers as a stiporfamily of birds of 
desmognathous affinities hut uncertain mor- 
phological position, the group being defined 
with special reference to its peculiarities ol 
palatal structure, ami cmnprcliending only the 
families I'iciilirmul li/n</iiln-. Also called > 
celeomorphic (sel*e-o-m6r'fik), n. 
iiiiir/iliii' + -ii\] I'icine; of or pertaining to the 
' '< li linn ir/ilia'. 
celer't, . An obsolete spelling of rrlltii-i. 
celer-'t, . See cilnn . 
celerert, A Middle English form of rrllnrrr. 
celeres (sere-re/.), n. pi. [L., pi. of ci-li'i; swift : 
MM -i-i-h rili/.\ 1. In H'nii. Hutu/., a body of knights 
or horsemen of the patrician order, numbering 
originally, according to tradition, :t(H), first or- 
ganized by Romulus, 100 being selected, lofrom 
each curia, from each of the three trilies. n,, i, 
comimindi-r was. from tin linn- of Tullii.- llotilin-. the 
seroutl ottieer of the state. Their number \V;IH fniiluallv 
increased, and at the close of (he dyiuihtyof the Taniuins 
they vvt-i'i- mei-K 1 '*! in the ei|iiit-s. 'J'be tith- was resumed 
under Augustus by the knights, as the body-guard of tin- 
emperor. 
2f. {cap.'] An old division of domestic dogs, in- 
cluding swift-footed kinds, of which the grey- 
hound is the type: distinguished from Saiiiici-x 
and Puynaces. 
celeriac (se-ler'i-ak), n. [< cflrry + -tic.] A 
variety of celery raised, especially on the con- 
tinent of Europe, for the root, which is enlarged 
like a turnip. Also called tiimi/i-rooted celery. 
See rHi'n/. 
celerity (se-ler'i-ti), . [= F. celerite = Pr. cele- 
ritat = Sp. cclcridail = Pg. celeritlailr = It. rele- 
i-i/i'i, < L. <-rlrrita(t-)t, < crier, swift, quick, akin 
to Gr. /cftw, a racer, Skt. / kal, drive, urge 
on.] Rapidity of motion; swiftness; quicK- 
uess; speed. 
No leu celerity than that of thought. 
Shak., Hen. V., HI. (cho.). 
When tilings are once come to the execution, there is no 
secrecy comparable to celerity. Bacon, Delays. 
The bigness, the density, and the celerity of the liody 
moved. Sir K. Diyby. 
The tidings were Iwrne with the usual celerity of evil 
news. Prencott, Ferd. and Isa., L 3. 
= Syn. Velocity, Sici/tnem, etc. See i/uickneM. 
celery (sel'e-ri), n. [Prop, with initial , as in 
early mod. E. selery, sellery ; = D. selderij = G. 
sellerie, selleri = Dan. Sw. selleri, < F. celeri, < It. 
dial, scleri, It. sedano, celery, < L. selinon, pars- 
ley, < Gr. ai'/ivov, a kind of parsley, in MGr. and 
NGr. celery. See itarsley, ult. < Gr. ne 
vov, rock-parsley.] An umbelliferous plant, 
Apium grareoltnx, a native of Europe, and long 
cultivated in gardens for the use of the table. 
The green leaves and stalks are used as an ingredient in 
souits, but ordinarily the stems are blanched. There are 
many varieties in cultivation, the stems blanching pink, 
yellow, or white. See celeriac. 
celestt (se-lesf), a. [< F. celeste = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
It. celeste, < L. ccelestis, of heaven, of the sky, < 
catlum, heaven: see ceil, n. Cf. celestial.] Heav- 
enly; celestial. 
To drynke of this, of waters first and best, 
Licoure of grace above, a thyng celent. 
Palladia*, Huslxindrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 17. 
celeste (se-lesf), n. [An abbrev. of F. bleu ce- 
leste, sky-blue: see blue and cclest.] In ceram., 
sky-blue. 
celestial (se-les'tial), a. and n. [< ME. celestial, 
celestiall, < 'OF. celestial, celestiel = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
celestial = It. celeatiale, < L. ceelcstis, of heaven, 
< ccelum, heaven : see celest, ceil, n.] I. a. 1. 
Of or pertaining to the sky or visible heaven : 
as, the celestial globe; "the twelve celestial 
signs," Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 
So to glorine God, the author of time and light, which 
the darkened conceits of the Heathens aseril>ed to the 
Planets and bodies ccelegtiall, calling the monethsby their 
names. Purcha*, Pilgrimage, p. 123. 
2. Heavenly; belonging or relating to, or 
characteristic of, heaven; dwelling in heaven; 
hence, of superior excellence, delight, purity, 
etc.: as, a celestial being; celestial felicity. 
Tins lady hym saiile that it inyght not bee, 
Hit please ne wold the king celeittiall. 
Rom. <\f Partenau (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 3795. 
Desire of power, on earth a vicious weed, 
Yet sprung from high is of celestial seed : 
In God 'tis glory ; and when men aspire. 
Tis but a spark too much of heavenly tire. 
Dryden, Abs. and Achit, 1. 305. 
Thus far, nations have drawn their weapons from the 
earthly armories of Force, unmindful of these others of 
celettial temper from the house of Love. 
Suinner, Orations, 1. 104. 
Celestial crown. In her., a bearing resembling the an- 
tique crown, and having each of its rays charged with a 
