empyrean
UK/.empai'ri:әn/US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
The highest heaven, believed in ancient and medieval cosmology to be a realm of pure light, fire, or ether.
最高天，九天；苍穹
adj.
Of or relating to the highest heaven or the sky; celestially refined.
最高天的，天空的，崇高的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedemto put into, to cause
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pyrestem
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anone who, relating to
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Example Sentences
- 1.
Medieval scholars believed the empyrean was the highest heaven.
- 2.
Dante's epic poem describes a journey through the empyrean.