Celebrity /(?)/

Ce·leb·ri·ty

Celebrity

n.

pl. Celebrities

  1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.]
    The celebrity of the marriage.
  2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.
    An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy.
  3. A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.