heaven
The sky.
But the Greeks were a sensuous and a joyous race, walking under the free heavens in the glorious lights of poetry, of art, and of beauty, and could not fail to realize the truth that society based upon reciprocal benevolence means civilization and the highest stage of human society—communion with the world.
(dated or poetic) The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres.
(obsolete) The near sky in which weather, flying animals, etc. appear; (obsolete) the atmosphere; the climate.
(obsolete) A model displaying the movement of the celestial bodies, an orrery.
(religion) The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially:
(Christianity) The abode of God and of the angels and saints in His presence.
Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.
(religion, by extension) The abode of the Abrahamic God; similar abodes of the gods in other religions and traditions, such as Mount Olympus.
(by extension) Providence, the will of God or the council of the gods; fate.
(religion) The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust.
(Christianity, Islam) Paradise, the afterlife of the souls who are not sent to a place of punishment or purification such as hell, purgatory, or limbo; the state or condition of being in the presence of God after death.
(religion, by extension) The afterlife of the blessed dead in other religions and traditions, such as the Pure Land or Elysium.
(by extension) Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.
They thought strikes and hunger marches the quintessence of politics and Soviet Russia heaven on earth.
(by extension) A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy.
(informal) Similarly blissful afterlives, places, or states for particular people, animals, or objects.
(obsolete) To transport to the abode of God, the gods, or the blessed.
(obsolete) To beatify, enchant, or please greatly.
(obsolete) To beautify, to make into a paradise.
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