Hypertext Webster Gateway: "celebrities"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Celebrity \Ce*leb"ri*ty\, n.; pl. {Celebrities}. [L. celebritas:
cf. F. c['e]l['e]brit['e].]
1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.]

The celebrity of the marriage. --Bacon.

2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown;
as, the celebrity of Washington.

An event of great celebrity in the history of
astronomy. --Whewell.

3. A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the
plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.

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