Definition of empyrean
: empyreal
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Examples of empyrean in a Sentence
movie scenes set in heaven often suggest that harps are the favored instruments for empyrean music
Recent Examples of empyrean from the Web
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Louis leaves Prior, drawing the first line in a pattern of abandonment that informs the entire play, and finally stretches all the way into the empyrean kingdom of an absent God.
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Our badges looked different, we were afforded fewer privileges, and we were certainly kept in the dark about The Algorithm (pause for heavenly-choir noise effect) and other such empyrean secrets.
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First Known Use of empyrean
15th century
Definition of empyrean
1 a
: the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light
b
: the true and ultimate heavenly paradise
3
: an ideal place or state
Examples of empyrean in a Sentence
ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds
most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about
Recent Examples of empyrean from the Web
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But even in the empyrean reaches of premium cable, Shondaland has a voice.
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First Known Use of empyrean
1667
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