- the highest heaven; specif.,
- among the ancients, the sphere of pure light or fire
- among Christian poets, the abode of God
- the sky; the celestial vault; firmament
Origin of empyrean
see empyreal and -an empyreal
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empyrean
noun
- a. The highest reaches of heaven, believed by the ancients to be a realm of pure fire or light.b. The abode of God and the angels; paradise.
- The sky.
adjective
Of or relating to the empyrean of ancient belief.
Origin of empyrean
From Medieval Latin empyreum from empyreus empyreal ; see empyreal .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural empyreans)
- The region of pure light and fire; the highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to exist: the same as the ether, the ninth heaven according to ancient astronomy.
- pyre
Origin
From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἔμπυρος (empyros), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pyr, “fire”) (English pyre).
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