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Definition of Celestial hierarchy
1. Noun. The collective body of angels.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Celestial Hierarchy
Literary usage of Celestial hierarchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... recur in his other writings The second treatise develops in fifteen chapters
the doctrine of the celestial hierarchy, comprising nine angelie choirs ..."
2. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor (1901)
"The celestial hierarchy was an attempt to set forth something of the ...
The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy was the symbol on earth of the celestial hierarchy. ..."
3. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor (1911)
"The celestial hierarchy was an attempt to set forth something of the ...
The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy was the symbol on earth of the celestial hierarchy. ..."
4. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor (1911)
"Before noticing the course of these three mental processes, recall for an instant
the reasoning of the Areopagite. The celestial hierarchy was an attempt to ..."
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