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adj. - Relating to the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected or upper regions.

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  • The firmamental conflagration faded away, and the soft night spread its shadows over the earth.
  • The thought that overarches the centuries with firmamental sweep is the thought of the Ensemble.
  • Here also are found the insignificant lightness of the pebble and the mighty lightness of the planet; while between them range the weighty masses, superior to the petty...
  • Can the whole firmamental creation in its turn be nothing but a corner of some mightier scheme?
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