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Definition of empyrean in English: empyreanadjective ˌɛmpʌɪˈriːənɛmˈpɪrɪən Relating to heaven or the sky. the empyrean domain where human will and God's will became as one figurative the empyrean heights of the imagination Example sentencesExamples - In America, or the more empyrean realm of art, few citizens were more senior than Al, none more youthful, cogent, articulate or productive.
- Electronics and haunting effects bring an empyrean stillness to the album's middle third.
- Within that empyreal realm, the new Senior Vice Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development will occupy a ‘singular and permanent position,’ dictates the task force.
- To emulate a human realistically, you don't have to realistically capture the empyrean majesty of our imaginations.
- But, not a drop of empyrean manna falls on my parched lips to assuage the thirst of aeons.
- Not only did the band's name prefigure the attacks, but so did the album's elegiac art work of angels tracing empyrean paths to a fiery orange heaven.
- Yet according to Mormon doctrine, families are awarded with empyreal togetherness only if every member ‘behaves.’
- Behind him, he knew, the empyreal capital endured, the snowy grounds around it merely accentuating its transcendental, yet solitary, existence.
Synonyms divine, holy, celestial, godlike, godly, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, blessed, blest, beatific, immortal heavenly, celestial, ethereal
noun ˌɛmpʌɪˈriːənɛmˈpɪrɪən the empyrean1The highest part of heaven, thought by the ancients to be the realm of pure fire. the unapproachable splendour of the empyrean Example sentencesExamples - Someday it may even be possible for the soul of a skeptical scientist to orbit into the empyrean, carrying his karma with him, looking for a suitable body to be born into!
- Mark Antony well knew the mischief he aimed at, and sensed that his and Octavius's moment had come; all they needed to do was to mount Caesar's ghost and they would ride to the empyrean.
- She genuinely, and far less self-interestedly than most, wanted to help propel young talent to the empyrean.
- The Pro Arte Quartet (plus cellist Anthony Pini) contributes a C-major Quintet whose first two movements ensure the work's place in the empyrean.
Synonyms heaven, the heavens, the sky, the upper regions, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere - 1.1literary The visible heavens; the sky.
〈诗/文〉天空,苍穹;天 we rose through the polluted air into the clear empyrean above Example sentencesExamples - But the empyrean vault is little less crowded than before.
Synonyms heaven, the heavens, the sky, the upper regions, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere
OriginLate Middle English (as an adjective): via medieval Latin from Greek empurios, from en- 'in' + pur 'fire'. The noun dates from the mid 17th century. RhymesActaeon, Aegean, aeon (US eon), Augean, Behan, Cadmean, Caribbean, Carolean, Chaldean, Cyclopean, epicurean, European, Fijian, Galilean, Hasmonean, Hebridean, Herculean, Ian, Jacobean, Kampuchean, Laodicean, lien, Linnaean (US Linnean), Maccabean, Mandaean (US Mandean), Medicean, monogenean, Nabataean (US Nabatean), Orphean, paean, paeon, pean, peon, Periclean, piscean, plebeian, Pyrenean, Pythagorean, Sabaean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, skean, Tanzanian, Tennesseean, Terpsichorean, theodicean, Tyrolean Definition of empyrean in US English: empyreanadjective Relating to heaven or the sky. the empyrean domain where human will and God's will became as one Example sentencesExamples - Yet according to Mormon doctrine, families are awarded with empyreal togetherness only if every member ‘behaves.’
- To emulate a human realistically, you don't have to realistically capture the empyrean majesty of our imaginations.
- Behind him, he knew, the empyreal capital endured, the snowy grounds around it merely accentuating its transcendental, yet solitary, existence.
- But, not a drop of empyrean manna falls on my parched lips to assuage the thirst of aeons.
- Not only did the band's name prefigure the attacks, but so did the album's elegiac art work of angels tracing empyrean paths to a fiery orange heaven.
- Electronics and haunting effects bring an empyrean stillness to the album's middle third.
- In America, or the more empyrean realm of art, few citizens were more senior than Al, none more youthful, cogent, articulate or productive.
- Within that empyreal realm, the new Senior Vice Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development will occupy a ‘singular and permanent position,’ dictates the task force.
Synonyms divine, holy, celestial, godlike, godly, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, blessed, blest, beatific, immortal heavenly, celestial, ethereal
noun the empyrean1Heaven, in particular the highest part of heaven. 苍天;太空 Example sentencesExamples - Mark Antony well knew the mischief he aimed at, and sensed that his and Octavius's moment had come; all they needed to do was to mount Caesar's ghost and they would ride to the empyrean.
- She genuinely, and far less self-interestedly than most, wanted to help propel young talent to the empyrean.
- The Pro Arte Quartet (plus cellist Anthony Pini) contributes a C-major Quintet whose first two movements ensure the work's place in the empyrean.
- Someday it may even be possible for the soul of a skeptical scientist to orbit into the empyrean, carrying his karma with him, looking for a suitable body to be born into!
Synonyms heaven, the heavens, the sky, the upper regions, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere - 1.1literary The visible heavens; the sky.
〈诗/文〉天空,苍穹;天 Example sentencesExamples - But the empyrean vault is little less crowded than before.
Synonyms heaven, the heavens, the sky, the upper regions, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere
OriginLate Middle English (as an adjective): via medieval Latin from Greek empurios, from en- ‘in’ + pur ‘fire’. The noun dates from the mid 17th century. |