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empyrean.

The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.

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noun/ɛmˌpaɪˈɹiːn̩//ɛmˈpɪɹi.ən/
  1. The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence English pyre).

adj/ɛmˌpaɪˈɹiːn̩//ɛmˈpɪɹi.ən/
  1. Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.

    not-comparable
  2. French: empyréen (fr)

Where this word comes from

From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence English pyre).

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