empyreans
empyreans is the plural of empyrean.
Meaning of empyrean
Noun
empyrean (plural empyreans)
- The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.
- So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung,
With Halleluiahs: […]1674, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 192
- So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung,
Questions about empyreans
- What is empyreans the plural of?
- Empyreans is the plural of empyrean.
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