empyrean
Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere…Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.
Meaning
2 senses(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
French: empyréen (fr)
Origin
From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûrFrom Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence English pyre).
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