Definitions for: Astral

[adj] being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars; "an astral body"; "stellar light"

Webster (1913) Definition: As"tral, a. [L. astralis, fr. astrum star, Gr. ?: cf.
F. astral. See Star.]
Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry;
starlike.

Shines only with an astral luster. --I. Taylor.

Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. --Dryden.

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.

As"tral, a.
1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an aster; as, astral rays;
astral sphere.

2. (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.

Synonyms: stellar

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