Celestial City
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Heaven is so called by John Bunyan in his Pilgrim 's Progress.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Celestial City” mean?
Heaven is so called by John Bunyan in his Pilgrim 's Progress.
Is “Celestial City” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.