Entry Word: Elysium

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a dwelling place of perfect bliss for the soul after death <the mourners were comforted by their belief that the saintly woman was now experiencing the joys of Elysium> — see heaven 1
2 a place or state of great happiness <the universal pipe dream that there exists somewhere an earthly Elysium where people live trouble-free lives> — see paradise 1