Hypertext Webster Gateway: "supernal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Supernal \Su*per"nal\, a. [L. supernus, from super above: cf. F.
supernel. See {Super-}.]
1. Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the
supernal orbs; supernal regions. ``That supernal judge.''
--Shak.
2. Relating or belonging to things above; celestial;
heavenly; as, supernal grace.
Not by the sufferance of supernal power. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
supernal
adj 1: being or coming from on high; "interpret the plague as a
visitation from heaven, a supernal punishment for the
sins of men" [ant: {infernal}]
2: of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal
melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" [syn:
{celestial}, {ethereal}]
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