empyrean
adjective
[ ˌɛmpʌɪˈriːən ]
• relating to heaven or the sky.
• "the empyrean domain where human will and God's will became as one"
empyrean
noun
• the highest part of heaven, thought by the ancients to be the realm of pure fire.
• "the unapproachable splendour of the empyrean"
Similar:
heaven,
the heavens,
the sky,
the upper regions,
the upper atmosphere,
the stratosphere,
the ether,
the azure,
the blue,
the wide blue yonder,
the firmament,
the sphere,
the vault (of heaven),
the welkin,
Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective): via medieval Latin from Greek empurios, from en- ‘in’ + pur ‘fire’. The noun dates from the mid 17th century.
