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empyreal

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em⋅pyr⋅e⋅al

  [em-pir-ee-uhl, -pahy-ree-, em-puh-ree-uhl, -pahy-]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to the highest heaven in the cosmology of the ancients.
2. pertaining to the sky; celestial: empyreal blue.
3. formed of pure fire or light: empyreal radiance.
Also, empyrean.

Origin:
1475–85; < LL empyre(us), var. of empyrius (< Gk empýrios fiery, equiv. to em- em- 2 + pŷr fire + -ios adj. suffix) + -al 1
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em·py·re·al   (ěm'pī-rē'əl, ěm-pîr'ē-əl)   
adj.  

  1. Empyrean.

  2. Of the sky; celestial.

  3. Elevated; sublime.


[Middle English emperiall, from Medieval Latin empyreus, from Late Latin empyrius, fiery, from Greek empurios : en-, in; see en-2 + pūr, fire; see paəw in Indo-European roots.]
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