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heavenriche

/ˈhɛvənrɪt͡ʃ/

heavenriche noun: the kingdom of heaven; heaven.

Noun

heavenriche (uncountable)

  1. (literary) The kingdom of heaven; heaven.
    • The poet Samuel Coleridge used heavenriche to describe the sky, the place where nimbification or cloud-forming occurs.2012, Phil Cousineau, Painted Word: A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins, Viva Editions, →ISBN, page 395
    • This word is contained in the first line of Cæd- mon's Hymn, and in its ancient spelling appears as hefaenricaes. What is the meaning of hefaenricaes? In modern English it would appear as heavenric's, the possessive of heavenric, a word which would be akin in formation to bishopric.1892, Albert Stanburrough Cook, editor, The Bible and English Prose: Style Selections and Comments, D. C. Heath

Forms of heavenriche

alternative formheaven-ric
alternative formheavenric

Origin of heavenriche

Probably a calque of Middle English heveneriche or Old English heofonrīce, equivalent to heaven + ric (“kingdom, realm, rule”).

Questions about heavenriche

What does heavenriche mean?
Heavenriche means the kingdom of heaven; heaven.
What part of speech is heavenriche?
Heavenriche is a noun.
How do you pronounce heavenriche?
Heavenriche is pronounced /ˈhɛvənrɪt͡ʃ/.

Words near heavenriche in the dictionary

  1. Heavenly Twins
  2. heavenly virtues
  3. Heavenly Witnesses
  4. heavenly-minded
  5. heaveno
  6. heavenriche
  7. heavens
  8. heavens above
  9. heavens no
  10. heavens to Betsy
  11. heavens to Murgatroyd

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