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empyreal

UK/ɛmˈpɪɹɪəl//ɛmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/

empyreal adjective: pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.

Adjective

empyreal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
    • The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, / That cauſd the eldeſt ſonne of heauenly Ops, / To thruſt his doting father from his chaire, / And place himſelfe in the Emperiall heauen, / Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • They that held the Stars of heaven vvere but rayes and flaſhing glimpſes of the Empyreall light, through holes and perforations of the upper heaven, took of the natural ſhadovvs of ſtars, […]1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter IIII.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 181
  2. Of the sky or heavens.
  3. Fiery, made of pure fire.

empyreal meaning in Bengali

empyreal in Bengali

স্বর্গীয়

Synonyms of empyreal

Origin of empyreal

From Latin empyreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios, “fiery”), from ἐν (en, “en-”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (English pyre).

Words formed from empyreal

Questions about empyreal

What does empyreal mean?
Empyreal means pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
What is empyreal in Bengali?
Empyreal in Bengali is স্বর্গীয়. See Empyreal meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is empyreal?
Empyreal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce empyreal?
Empyreal is pronounced /ɛmˈpɪɹɪəl/ (UK).

Words near empyreal in the dictionary

  1. empyemas
  2. empyemata
  3. empyematous
  4. empyemic
  5. empyral
  6. empyreal
  7. empyreal air
  8. empyrean
  9. empyreans
  10. empyreum
  11. empyreuma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: empyreal (page history and authors); empyreal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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