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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. being or coming from on high;
- Example: "interpret the plague as a visitation from heaven, a supernal punishment for the sins of men"

2. of heaven or the spirit;
- Example: "celestial peace"
- Example: "ethereal melodies"
- Example: "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
[syn: celestial, ethereal, supernal]



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]


WordNet (r) 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]