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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.
[L. empyroeus; from Gr. fire.]
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.

Definition 2024


empyreal

empyreal

English

Adjective

empyreal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean; celestial; sublime; exalted.
  2. Of the sky or heavens.
  3. Fiery, made of pure fire.

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References

  • empyreal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913