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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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, supernal]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Relating or belonging to things above; celestial;
      heavenly; as, supernal grace.
      [1913 Webster]

            Not by the sufferance of supernal power. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for supernal:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Elysian, Olympian, aerial, airy, altitudinous, ascending, aspiring, beatific, beatified, blessed, celestial, colossal, dominating, elevated, eminent, ethereal, exalted, extramundane, extraterrestrial, from on high, glorified, haughty, heavenly, high, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, in glory, lofty, monumental, mounting, otherworldly, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisic, prominent, soaring, spiring, steep, sublime, superlative, topless, toplofty, topping, towering, towery, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly, unworldly, uplifted, upreared

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