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   heaven

   /ˈhɛvn/

   noun

   • 1. a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky: "those who practised good deeds would receive the reward of a place in heaven" Similar paradisenirvanathe kingdom of heaventhe promised landthe heavenly kingdomthe City of Godthe celestial citythe abode of Godthe abode of the saintsthe abode of the angelsZionAbraham's bosomthe empyreanthe beyondthe hereafterthe next worldthe next lifethe afterworldthe afterlifehappy hunting groundthe New JerusalemSwargaElysiumthe Elysian Fieldsthe Islands of the BlessedValhallaAvalonOpposite hellpurgatory
   • ▪ God (or the gods): "Constantine was persuaded that disunity in the Church was displeasing to heaven"
   • ▪ a state of being eternally in the presence of God after death: "the everlasting happiness with God that we call heaven"
   • ▪ used in various exclamations as a substitute for ‘God’: "heaven knows!"
   • 2. the sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated: literary "Galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens" Similar the skythe skiesthe upper atmospherethe stratosphereliterary:the firmamentthe vault of heaventhe bluethe (wide) blue yonderthe welkinthe etherthe empyreanthe azurethe upper regionsthe spherethe celestial sphere
   • 3. a place, state, or experience of supreme bliss: informal "lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven" Similar ecstasyblissrapturecontentmenthappinessdelightjoyfelicitysupreme happinesssupreme joyperfect contentmentseventh heavencloud nineparadiseutopiaidyllnirvanaEdenShangri-Laliterary:ArcadiaArcadyOpposite miseryhell on earth

   Word Origin Old Englishheofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hemel and German Himmel.

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