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Definition of Supernal
1. Adjective. Being or coming from on high. "Interpret the plague as a visitation from heaven, a supernal punishment for the sins of men"
2. Adjective. Of heaven or the spirit. "The supernal happiness of a quiet death"
Definition of Supernal
1. a. Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions.
Definition of Supernal
1. Adjective. Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial. ¹
2. Adjective. Exalted, exquisite, superlative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Supernal
1. pertaining to the sky [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supernal
Literary usage of Supernal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yoga-system of Patañjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man : an Interpretation by Patañjali, Vyāsa, Vācaspatimiśra (1914)
"In concentration these [supernal activities] are obstacles; in the emergent state
they are perfections (siddhi). These, the vividness and so forth, ..."
2. Sanders' Union Fifth Reader: Embracing a Full Exposition of the Principles by Charles Walton Sanders (1872)
"1 Su PER' NAL, (SUPER,above;) relating to things above; celestial; heavenly
PASSING TO THE supernal.1 SAT. EVE. POST. !• T AM drifting, slowly drifting, ..."
3. The Supernatural: Its Origin, Nature and Evolution by John H. King (1892)
"supernal concepts due to physical causes, I. 20 supernal concepts due to deceptive
... 259 supernal concepts, ontogenic line of their evolution, II. ..."
4. Man an Organic Community: Being an Exposition of the Law that the Human by John H. King (1893)
"In all these states of being, some or all of the following supernal phenomena may be
... supernal powers over impersonal objects and other personalities, ..."
5. Buddhist and Christian Gospels: Now First Compared from the Originals by Albert Joseph Edmunds (1908)
"THE MASTER HEARS supernal VOICES. Mark I. u. A voice came out of the heavens:
Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased. ..."
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