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empyrean

American  
[em-puh-ree-uhn, -pahy-, em-pir-ee-uhn, -pahy-ree-] / ˌɛm pəˈri ən, -paɪ-, ɛmˈpɪr i ən, -ˈpaɪ ri- /

noun

  1. the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure element of fire.

  2. the visible heavens; the firmament.

adjective

  1. empyreal.

empyrean British  
/ ˌɛmpaɪˈriːən /

noun

  1. archaic the highest part of the (supposedly spherical) heavens, thought in ancient times to contain the pure element of fire and by early Christians to be the abode of God and the angels

  2. poetic the heavens or sky

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adjective

  1. of or relating to the sky, the heavens, or the empyrean

  2. heavenly or sublime

  3. archaic composed of fire

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Etymology

Origin of empyrean

1605–15; < Late Latin empyre ( us ) empyreal + -an

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