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Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.

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  1. a. Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.
  2. adj. being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
  3. 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 aërial regions, and represented in the Middle Ages as fallen angels, spirits of the dead, or spirits originating in fire.
  4. 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 castupon the table by the flattened ring-shaped reservoir in which theoil is contained.-- Astral spirits, spirits formerly supposed to live in the heavenlybodies or the aërial regions, and represented in the Middle Ages asfallen angels, spirits of the dead, or spirits originating in fire.
  5. j:100 a being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars