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Webster 1913 Edition
Empyreal
Em-pyr′e-al
,Adj.
[L.
empyrius
, empyreus
, fiery, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], in fire, fiery; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] fire. See In
, and Fire
.] Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.
Go, soar with Plato to the
empyreal
sphere. Pope.
Empyreal air
, oxygen gas.
Em-pyr′e-al
,Noun.
Empyrean.
Mrs. Browning.
Webster 1828 Edition
Empyreal
EMPYR'EAL
,Adj.
1.
Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere.
2.
Pure; vital; dephlogisticated; an epithet given to the air, or rather gas, now called oxygen.