empyrean
Highest heavenly sphere
The empyrean is the highest heaven—in ancient cosmology, the sphere of pure fire or light beyond the physical sky where God and the angels dwell.
The word now serves as a lofty synonym for the sky or heavens: gazing into the empyrean.
As an adjective, empyrean describes things celestial or sublime: empyrean heights, empyrean visions.
Celestial expanse overhead
- firmamentThe arching sky above
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- celestialOf the sky above
- stellarOf or like celestial bodies
astral · starry · cosmic · interstellar · galactic · nebula · supernova · constellation
Sky or bliss
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
salvation · ascension · rapture · redemption · halo · purity · celestial · kingdom
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- exaltedElevated in rank
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- loftyImpressively high or noble
- elevatedRaised above usual level
resplendent · glorious · majestic · splendor · grandeur · awe-inspiring · ineffable · supernal
Worshipped supernatural being
- godheadEssential nature of deity
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
sanctity · reverence · worship · providence · seraphim · cherubim · angelic · throne
Beyond the material realm
- platonicFriendly without romance
- idealStandard of perfection
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
- abstractCondensed version of text
incorporeal · immaterial · supersensible · intelligible · archetypal · essence · form · realm
heavens
Celestial expanse overhead
stellar · astral · starry · cosmic · interstellar · galactic · nebula · supernova · constellation · vault
heaven
Sky or bliss
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
nirvana · salvation · ascension · rapture · redemption · halo · purity · celestial · kingdom · elysium
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- exaltedElevated in rank
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- loftyImpressively high or noble
elevated · resplendent · glorious · majestic · splendor · grandeur · awe-inspiring · ineffable · supernal · rarefied
deity
Worshipped supernatural being
divinity · sanctity · reverence · worship · providence · seraphim · cherubim · angelic · throne · glory
metaphysical
Beyond the material realm
- platonicFriendly without romance
- idealStandard of perfection
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
abstract · incorporeal · immaterial · supersensible · intelligible · archetypal · essence · form · realm · sphere
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
- angelsarchangels, Michael, Gabriel, seraphim, archangel
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
- Mysticalethereal, otherworldly, supernatural, numinous, transcendent
- Ancient Cosmologycosmic egg, cosmic ocean, world tree, axis mundi, firmament
- Medieval Sciencealchemy, astrology, astronomy, natural philosophy, scholasticism
empyreanhell
Underworld of suffering
inferno · netherworld · underworld · abyss · Hades
empyreanterrestrial
Relating to land
earthly · mundane · worldly · earthbound · ground-level