empyrean 
December 19, 2004 | 08:00

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empyrean (em-pie-REE-un; -PEER-ee-) noun

    1. The highest reaches of heaven, believed by the ancients to be a realm of pure fire or light.
    2. The abode of God and the angels; paradise.
  1. The sky.

[From Medieval Latin empyreum, from empyreus, empyreal. See empyreal.]