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heavenly body

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heavenly body [′hev·ən·lē ′bäd·ē]
(astronomy)
celestial body


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The moon being the heavenly body much the nearest to us, of course we see farther into its secrets than into those of any other planet.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
I should keep well within the limit of that early excess now, and should not liken the creation of Shakespeare to the creation of any heavenly body bigger, say, than one of the nameless asteroids that revolve between Mars and Jupiter.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
If there's a screw loose in a heavenly body, that's philosophy; and if there's screw loose in a earthly body, that's philosophy too; or it may be that sometimes there's a little metaphysics in it, but that's not often.
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