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countable and uncountable, plural celebrities
(obsolete) A rite or ceremony.
(uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. examples
A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. quotations examples
I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.