empyrean

🇬🇧 UK/.empai'ri:әn/🇺🇸 US
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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-derived
emto put into, to cause
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pyrestem
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anone who, relating to
=empyrean

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Medieval scholars believed the empyrean was the highest heaven.

  • 2.

    Dante's epic poem describes a journey through the empyrean.

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