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empyrean

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adjective em·py·re·an \ˌem-ˌpī-ˈrē-ən, -pə-; em-ˈpir-ē-ən, -ˈpī-rē-\

Definition of empyrean

  1. :  empyreal

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  1. movie scenes set in heaven often suggest that harps are the favored instruments for empyrean music

First Known Use of empyrean

15th century

empyrean Synonyms

Synonyms
elysian, empyreal, celestial, ethereal, heavenly, supernal
Antonyms
chthonic (also chthonian), hellish, infernal, plutonian, sulfurous, Tartarean
Related Words
supernatural, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly, unworldly; angelic (or angelical), beatific, blissful; Olympian, paradisiacal (or paradisiac), utopian; cosmic (also cosmical), galactic, stellar
Near Antonyms
earthly, mundane, terrestrial, worldly; anti-utopian, dystopian
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empyrean

noun em·py·re·an

Definition of empyrean

  1. 1a :  the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or lightb :  the true and ultimate heavenly paradise

  2. 2 :  firmament, heavens

  3. 3 :  an ideal place or state

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Examples of empyrean in a Sentence

  1. ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds

  2. most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about

First Known Use of empyrean

1667

empyrean Synonyms

Synonyms
above, bliss, elysian fields, Elysium, heaven, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky, Zion (also Sion)
Antonyms
Gehenna, hell, Pandemonium, perdition
Related Words
Beulah, glory, happy hunting ground, nirvana, promised land, Valhalla; afterlife, afterworld, hereafter, otherworld
Near Antonyms
inferno; limbo, purgatory; hades, netherworld, underworld; abyss, pit

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