Empyrean meaning

ĕmpī-rēən, ĕm-pîrē-ən

The highest heaven.

Among the ancients, the sphere of pure light or fire.
Among Christian poets, the abode of God.

noun

The sky; the celestial vault; firmament.

noun

The sky.

noun

Of or relating to the empyrean of ancient belief.

adjective

Empyreal.

adjective

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.

noun

Of the sky or the heavens; celestially refined.

adjective

Origin of empyrean

From Medieval Latin empyreum from empyreus empyreal empyreal

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἔμπυρος (empyros), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pyr, “fire”) (English pyre).

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Empyrean meaning

Origin of empyrean

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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