Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.

    of or relating to the sky or heavens

  2. French: empyréen (fr)

Origin

From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr

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

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