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   empyrean

   /ˌɛmpɪˈriːən/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to heaven or the sky: "the empyrean domain where human will and God's will became as one"

   noun

   • 1. the highest part of heaven, thought by the ancients to be the realm of pure fire: "the unapproachable splendour of the empyrean"
   • ▪ the visible heavens; the sky: "we rose through the polluted air into the clear empyrean above"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective): via medieval Latin from Greek empurios, from en- ‘in’ + pur ‘fire’. The noun dates from the mid 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. empyreal adjective

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