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empyrealadj.n.  Brit.  /ˌɛmpᵻˈriːəl/, /ˌɛmpʌɪˈriːəl/, /ɛmˈpɪrɪəl/, U.S. /ˌɛmˌpaɪˈriəl/, /ˌɛmpəˈriəl/, /ɛmˈpɪriəl/Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin empyreus , -al suffix1. Etymology: < post-classical Latin empyreus, empyrius (of demons) fiery (4th cent.), belonging to the empyrean or highest heaven (5th cent. in Augustine; frequently from 13th cent. in British sources; < Byzantine Greek ἐμπύριος belonging to the empyrean or highest heaven < ancient Greek ἐμπύρος fiery (see empyrical adj.) + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives) + -al suffix1. Compare empyrean adj. and earlier empyre adj.Compare imperial adj. and β. forms at that entry. The α. forms may partly result from association with imperial adj. (although compare also im- prefix1). It is sometimes difficult to distinguish the two words. A. adj. 1. the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of or relating to highest a1450 (?1420) J. Lydgate (Tanner) (1891) l. 467 His [sc. Jupiter's] paleis most imperial. 1481 W. Caxton tr. iii. xxii. sig. m7v And that is called the heuen Imperyal. c1590 C. Marlowe vi. 63 The seven planets, the firmament, and the empyreal heaven. 1652 J. Caryl (new ed.) (xiv. 12) 604 The imperial heaven, which is called the Seat of the blessed. 1667 J. Milton vii. 14 Into the Heav'n of Heav'ns I have presum'd..and drawn Empyreal Aire. View more context for this quotation 1733 A. Pope ii. 23 Go soar with Plato to th' empyreal Sphere. 1799 R. Glover i. 8 Some deity, resigning His empyreal station to defend My sacred head. 1850 W. Irving (1853) vii. 39 Seated securely in the empyreal heavens. 1904 I. Gollancz tr. Cynewulf Christ in 104 563 All mortals throughout earth Declare, full blithe of heart, that thou art bride Of Him that ruleth the empyreal sphere. 1993 H. Simpson in M. Bradbury & A. Motion 153 The baby would appear at its appointed time to the sound of empyreal trumpets, trailing clouds of glory. 2012 (Nexis) 3 May 58 God descended from his empyreal realm and dropped in on Noah. the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [adjective] 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas i. i. 6 Who can behold aboue th'Emperiall Skies The lightning splendor of God's glorious eies? 1807 (ed. 3) IV. 291 The sapphire, vying with the empyreal blue. 1882 E. H. Whinfield tr. 64 Yon palace whose roofs touch the empyreal blue. 1919 Sept. 161/1 What would you do if you saw a cannon ball making time toward you through the empyreal blue; figure out how many feet per second it was traveling, or move to other quarters? 1986 D. Koontz i. ii. 224 With the empyreal lantern briefly dimmed, Zebediah abruptly became aware that he was standing coatless in the freezing December night. the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [adjective] 1641 J. Milton 37 A mortall thing among many readers of no Empyreall conceit. 1735 H. Brooke i. 10 Empyreal natures with empyreal names. a1797 W. Mason Ode to Truth in (1809) II. i. 366 Shall a form..of mould'ring clay, Vie with these charms empyrial? 1878 Mar. 572 We know the risk of being snubbed by the inquiry whether groveling dissectors of monkeys and black-beetles can hope to enter into the empyreal kingdom of speculation. 1920 May 831 Not for him the empyreal heights of thought, the cloud-capt towers and gorgeous palaces of imagination. 2004 25 Dec. 13/2 Arturo Sandoval's trumpet occupies a realm as empyreal as Clapton's guitar. 2. the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker 93 They..consist of empyriall or fierie bodies. a1711 T. Ken (1721) I. 6 A chariot..Of brightest empyreal Substance built. 1850 J. Tyndall Jrnl. 20 Oct. in C. W. Moulton (1910) VIII. 82 Began the day by reading Tennyson... Every line sparkles with empyreal fire, so that it is difficult to make a selection. society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > a combustible substance > [adjective] the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > oxygen > [noun] the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > able to be burnt or combustible 1780 J. R. Forster tr. K. W. Scheele 35 Since this air is absolutely necessary for the generation of fire..I shall henceforth..call it empyreal air [Ger. die Feuer Luft]. 1781 J. Watt Let. 3 Jan. in J. P. Muirhead (1854) II. 123 Whether or not heat is a compound of phlogiston and empyreal air. 1812 H. Davy 226 Only two undecompounded empyreal substances have been as yet discovered. 1837 H. Reid iii. 73 It has been called ‘dephlogisticated air’, ‘pure air’, also ‘highly respirable air’, ‘empyreal air’, ‘vital air’, from its power of supporting respiration. It is now always called ‘oxygen’. 1991 H. De Almeida vi. 78 Davy marked how knowledge of this ‘elastic fluid’, empyreal gas, ‘fire-air’, or ‘oxygen’ was of priceless significance to the philosophy of chemistry and electromagnetism. 1801 W. Herschel in (Royal Soc.) 91 293 It remains..only for us to admit this shining matter to exist in the manner of empyreal, luminous, or phosphoric clouds, residing in the higher regions of the solar atmosphere. 1801 W. Herschel in (Royal Soc.) 91 304 When this empyreal gas has reached the higher region of the sun's atmosphere, it mixes with other gases. 1809 W. Irving I. i. i. 4 Certain empyreal, luminous or phosphoric clouds. B. n.the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > highest c1450 J. Marion in (1913) 131 56 (MED) Xcelente empresse in þe emperiall of heuen. 1615 J. Sylvester Honor's Farwel in sig. Hh5v Free thy loue from this dark Dungeon heer, And hence-forth fix it in th' Empyreall cleer. 1642 Sir T. Browne (new ed.) 93 To place it [sc. Heaven] in the Empyriall, or beyond the tenth Sphere. 1799 June 508/2 The opening wonders of the th'empyreal. 1827 J. Keble I. xxiii. 91 Happy souls..Plunge in th' empyreal vast. 1996 J. Lust v. 234 During the republican period they were still inhabiting an archaic world of their own, for the republic had not been elevated to the empyreal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  adj.n.a1450 |