Definition of "empyrean" in Anglais

noun

1. (historical) The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.

adjective

1. Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.