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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Astral \As"tral\, a. [L. astralis, fr. astrum star, Gr. ?: cf.
F. astral. See {Star}.]
1. Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars;
starry; starlike.
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Shines only with an astral luster. --I. Taylor.
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Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. --Dryden.
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2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an aster; as, astral rays;
astral sphere.
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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.
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{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 a["e]rial regions, and represented
in the Middle Ages as fallen angels, spirits of the dead,
or spirits originating in fire.
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