# empyrean

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɛmˌpaɪˈɹiːn̩/ · frequency rank #96,990

## Definitions
1. 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.

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

## Source
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