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1 definition found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
As·tral
a.
1.
Pertaining
to
,
coming
from
,
or
resembling
,
the
stars
;
starry
;
starlike
.
Shines
only
with
an
astral
luster
.
--
I
.
Taylor
.
Some
astral
forms
I
must
invoke
by
prayer
.
--
Dryden
.
2.
Biol.
Of
or
pertaining
to
an
aster
;
as
,
astral
rays
;
astral
sphere
.
3.
Theosophy
Consisting
of
,
belonging
to
,
or
designating
,
a
kind
of
supersensible
substance
alleged
to
be
next
above
the
tangible
world
in
refinement
;
as
,
astral
spirits
;
astral
bodies
of
persons
;
astral
current
;
the
astral
plane
.
Astral lamp
,
an
Argand
lamp
so
constructed
that
no
shadow
is
cast
upon
the
table
by
the
flattened
ring-shaped
reservoir
in
which
the
oil
is
contained
.
Astral spirits
,
spirits
formerly
supposed
to
live
in
the
heavenly
bodies
or
the
aërial
regions
,
and
represented
in
the
Middle
Ages
as
fallen
angels
,
spirits
of
the
dead
,
or
spirits
originating
in
fire
.
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