Blitheness; gladness; joy, delight, enjoyment. esp. The perfect joy of heaven; the beatitude of departed souls. Hence, the place of bliss…

Frequently with capital initial. In the Christian tradition (and hence more widely): the abode of God and of the angels and persons who enjoy God's…

The Judaeo-Christian heaven, the abode of God and his angels and the final abode of the redeemed.

In early religious use, often applied to heaven.

Applied spec. (after Latin sedes) to: The abiding place or resting place (of departed souls); a position in this place. Now archaic or poetic.

With to (also in, til, unto): (the direction leading towards) heaven. Obsolete.

heaven; the place of rest for the souls of the righteous dead. Chiefly in Abraham's bosom.

figurative. In phraseology chiefly of biblical origin: A dwelling-place. spec. The dwelling-place of Jehovah, or of God.

Applied to this world (esp. in worthlyor worldly wone); also to heaven (cf. also quots. 14.. at sense 1 and 1400 at sense 3a). worthlyor worthy in…

Applied to Heaven.

A place of spiritual nourishment; heaven. Obsolete.

Heaven, as the place where God dwells. Obsolete except in Biblical and liturgical phrases.

Heaven, the celestial abode of God or gods; (also) heavenly power or powers. Chiefly with the. Chiefly p… In singular.

The promised land, a place of eternal rest; (more generally) any idealized or sought-after place.

Considered as the abode of the Deity, or of the gods of heathen mythology: The celestial regions, heaven.

a land of unusual prosperity, a place of happiness; (also) heaven.

A place of abode different from the present earth or world; a heaven.

With to: = heavenward, n. Obsolete.

A world entered after death; the world of the afterlife. Frequently with the.

A person's native country or homeland. Also in extended use: a spiritual homeland, heaven.

the home of God or the gods; heaven, Asgard.

The celestial or immaterial world.

the invisible, the unseen world; the Deity.