Empyrean

Quick meaning: Empyrean is a noun meaning Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.

Meaning

Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.

More Meanings

1. (historical) The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.

Example Sentences

So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, With Halleluiahs: […]

Perchance they mark Where India's cliffs the trembling cloud invade, Or Andes with his fiery banner flouts The empyrean,.

Her vulgar cares were at an end. She would be able to arrange her life as she pleased, to soar into that empyrean of security where creditors cannot penetrate.

In th' Empyrean Heaven, (the bleſs'd Abode) / The Thrones and the Dominions proſtrate lie, / Not daring to behold their angry God: / And an huſh'd ſilence damps the tuneful sky.

Word Forms

• empyreans

Synonyms for empyrean

Depending on context, synonyms include empyreal, sublime, glorious, welkin, firmament, sphere.

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