Emily Dickinson Lexicon

celebrated, verbal adj. [see celebrate, v.]

Festive; acclaimed; extolled; notable; renowned; [fig.] holy; religious; sacred to a church; set apart for feasting.

celerity, n. [ME celerite < L. celer, swift.]

Quickness; rapidity; speedy effect; swift action.

celestial, adj. [OFr < L. cælum, sky, heaven.] (webplay: delight, purity).

Divine; heavenly; holy.

cell (-s), n. [ME < L. cella, small apartment, slave's room, store-closet, prison cell.]

1. Unit; minute biological sack; little bag of organic matter; building block of life; small compartment in the organs of a human body.
2. Cubicle; stall; booth; dwelling place that holds just one person; [fig.] casket; coffin; sepulcher; burial chamber.
3. Room; confinement; prison space; place for holding someone as punishment for offences; [fig.] lot; deal; parcel; tract in the promised land.

cellar (-s), n. [ME celer < L. cellarium, set of cells, receptacle for food; see cell, n.] (webplay: house).

Basement; underground storage space; area under a house for storing food and provisions; [fig.] interior; within.

cenotaph, n. [Fr. < Gk. kenotapian, kenos empty + tapos tomb.]

Empty tomb; sepulchral monument; statue erected in honor of a deceased person whose body is elsewhere.

censure, v. [Fr.]

Condemn; deplore; reprobate; reprehend; show disapproval of; find fault with.

cent (-s), n. [Fr., 'hundred'; see per cent, n.]

centipede, n. [L. 'centipede'.]

Worm; small vermiform; caterpillar-like insect with many feet.

central, adj. [L. 'central'; (see centre).]

1. Foremost; dominant in importance; strong in influence.
2. Center; middle; at the core; near the center.
3. Inner; coming from the inside; interior of the soul of a person.