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Definition of empyrean:

(n) : the region of pure light and fire; the highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to exist: the same as the ether, the ninth heaven according to ancient astronomy
(adj) : empyreal; of the sky or the heavens; celestially refined
"1667: John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis - In th'empyrean heaven, the bless'd abode, / The Thrones and the Dominions prostrate lie, / Not daring to behold their angry God."
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Definition of empyrean:

(n) : the region of pure light and fire; the highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to exist: the same as the ether, the ninth heaven according to ancient astronomy
(adj) : empyreal; of the sky or the heavens; celestially refined
"1667: John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis - In th'empyrean heaven, the bless'd abode, / The Thrones and the Dominions prostrate lie, / Not daring to behold their angry God."
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