HEAVEN
\hˈɛvən], \hˈɛvən], \h_ˈɛ_v_ə_n]\
Definitions of HEAVEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.
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Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.
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To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.
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The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; - often used in the plural in this sense.
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The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; - used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.
By Oddity Software
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The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.
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Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.
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To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.
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The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; - often used in the plural in this sense.
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The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; - used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.
By Noah Webster.
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The abode of God and the blessed; the firmament, or sky; a state or condition of bliss; a sublime and exalted condition; any place of supreme happiness or great comfort.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The arch of sky overhanging the earth: the air: the dwelling-place of the Deity and the blessed supreme happiness.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The vault of the sky; the sky; the place of the immediate divine presence; the residence of the celestial gods; God; the powers above; supreme felicity, or the state of it.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The habitation of God and the abode of the blessed; great happiness; the region or expanse above us; the sky; the supreme power; God.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] The arch which overhangs the earth; the sky; the atmosphere—often used in the pl.;—the dwelling-place or immediate presence of God; the home of the blessed;—the sovereign of heaven; God;—supreme happiness; great felicity; bliss;—elevation; sublimity.
