Empyreal \Em*pyr"e*al\, a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. ?,
?, in fire, fiery; ? in + ? fire. See In, and Fire.]
Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond a["e]rial
substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of
heaven.
Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. --Pope.
Empyreal air, oxygen gas.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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