Empyreal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɛmˈpɪɹɪəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Empyreal is an adjective meaning Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
Meaning
Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
More Meanings
- Of the sky or heavens.
- Fiery, made of pure fire.
Example Sentences
They that held the Stars of heaven vvere but rayes and flaſhing glimpſes of the Empyreall light, through holes and perforations of the upper heaven, took of the natural ſhadovvs of ſtars, […]
The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, / That cauſd the eldeſt ſonne of heauenly Ops, / To thruſt his doting father from his chaire, / And place himſelfe in the Emperiall heauen, / Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
This downfall ; ſince by Fate the ſtrength of Gods / And this Empyreal ſubſtance cannot fail, / Since through experience of this great event / In Arms not worſe, in foreſight much advanc't, / We may with more ſucceſsſul hope reſolve / To wage by force or guile eternal Warr[…]
Synonyms for empyreal
Depending on context, synonyms include celestial, empyrean, sublime, exalted, glorious.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include empyrean, glorious, sublime, thrones, ethereal, empyreumatic.
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