Empyrean

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The empyrean rung


           With hallelujahs.                        --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Empyrean \Em`py*re"an\, a.
     Empyreal. --Akenside.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]