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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Empyrean \Em`py*re"an\ (?; 277), n. [See {Empyreal}.] The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist. The empyrean rung With hallelujahs. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Empyrean \Em`py*re"an\, a. Empyreal. --Akenside. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: empyrean adj 1: of or relating to the sky or heavens; "the empyrean sphere" [syn: {empyreal}] 2: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night" [syn: {empyreal}, {sublime}] n : the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected [syn: {celestial sphere}, {sphere}, {firmament}, {heavens}, {vault of heaven}, {welkin}]
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