Firmament

Quick meaning: Firmament is a noun meaning (countable) The field or sphere of an activity or interest.

Meaning

(countable) The field or sphere of an activity or interest.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, obsolete except biblical) The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
2. (countable, obsolete) A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
3. (countable, obsolete, also figuratively) A basis or foundation; a support.
4. (countable, obsolete) The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
5. (usually uncountable, literary, poetic, also figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
6. (uncountable, astronomy, historical) In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth celestial sphere which carried the fixed stars; (countable, by extension) any celestial sphere.

Example Sentences

On Nature's Alps I ſtand, / And ſee a Thouſand Firmaments beneath!

[W]hat if all / Her ſtores were op'n'd, and this Firmament / Of Hell ſhould ſpout her Cataracts of Fire, [...]

There are Crowns of Glory to be given us; and Garments that will make us ſhine like the Sun in the Firmament of Heaven.

And far above the gentle moon sails on / Through the blue firmament. It is a scene / That gives that spot of earth the air of Heav'n!

Word Forms

• firmaments

Synonyms for firmament

Depending on context, synonyms include lift, welkin, empyrean, sphere, heavens.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heavens, welkin, sphere, empyrean, sky, ether.

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