crystalline heaven
noun
variants: or
crystalline sphere
Definition of crystalline heaven
: either of two transparent spheres imagined in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile in order to explain certain observed movements of the heavenly bodies
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15th Century
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15th century
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