empyrean

  • 21empyrean — /em peuh ree euhn, puy , em pir ee euhn, puy ree /, n. 1. the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure element of fire. 2. the visible heavens; the firmament. adj. 3. empyreal. [1605 15; < LL empyre(us) EMPYREAL + AN] * * * …

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  • 22EMPYREAN —    the highest heaven, or region of pure elemental fire, whence everything of the nature of fire has been conceived to emanate, whether in the phenomena of nature or the life of man …

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  • 23empyrean — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. heavenly, empyreal, celestial, sublime; fiery. See universe. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cosmos, firmament, space; see heaven 1 …

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  • 24empyrean — n. heavens, sky adj. celestial, heavenly, of the sky …

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  • 25empyrean — n. Highest heaven …

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  • 26empyrean — n 1. highest heaven, seventh heaven. 2. visible heavens, firmament, vault of heaven, sky, ether, the blue, the wild blue yonder, the azure, Chiefly Literary. welkin …

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  • 27empyrean — em·py·re·an …

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  • 28empyrean — em•py•re•an [[t]ˌɛm pəˈri ən, paɪ , ɛmˈpɪr i ən, ˈpaɪ ri [/t]] n. 1) anq the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure element of fire 2) the visible heavens; the firmament 3) empyreal • Etymology: 1605–15 …

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  • 29empyrean — /ɛmpaɪˈriən/ (say empuy reeuhn) noun 1. the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure element of fire. 2. the visible heavens; the firmament. –adjective 3. empyreal …

  • 30empyrean —   a.,n. (pertaining to) the sky; heaven.    ♦ empyreal, a …

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