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1empyrean
adjective em·py·re·an \-ən\
2empyrean
noun
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
See empyrean defined for kids First Known Use of EMPYREAN
circa 1610
Related to EMPYREAN
- Synonyms
- above, bliss, elysian fields, Elysium, heaven, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky, Zion (also Sion)
- Antonyms
- Gehenna, hell, Pandemonium, perdition
Rhymes with EMPYREAN
Aeschylean, Anacreon, apogean, Aramaean, Atlantean, Caribbean, Cerberean, cyclopean, Damoclean, European, Galilean, Hasmonaean, Herculean, Idumaean, Ituraean, Jacobean, kallikrein, Maccabean, Manichaean, Mycenaean, nemertean, nepenthean, panacean, perigean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, Tacitean, Tennessean, Typhoean
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