empyrean

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noun the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
adjective of or relating to the sky or heavens
adjective inspiring awe; - M.S.Dworkin; - Hamilton Basso

From Latin empȳreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence English pyre).

The empyrean is the heaven of Divine rest. — The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno, Dante Alighieri
He ascends into the empyrean, and communes with the eternal essences. — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James
To be the centre of a maze of manoeuvres was his empyrean. — Tancred; Or, The New Crusade, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli

celestial sphere, sphere, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin

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