CELEBRITY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.] The celebrity of the marriage. Bacon.

2.
n.

The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington. An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. Whewell.

3.
n.

A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.


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