heaven
Roget category 981
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.5. Religious affections
›› 6.5.1. Superhuman beings and regions
#981.
Heaven
noun
heaven —
kingdom of heaven,
kingdom of God —
heavenly kingdom —
throne of God —
presence of God —
inheritance of the saints in light.
Paradise,
Eden,
Zion,
abode of the blessed —
celestial bliss,
glory.
[Mythological heaven]
Olympus —
Elysium
(paradise),
Elysian fields,
Arcadia†,
bowers of bliss,
garden of the Hesperides,
third heaven —
Valhalla,
Walhalla
(Scandinavian);
Nirvana
(Buddhist);
happy hunting grounds —
Alfardaws†,
Assama† —
Falak al aflak [Ar.]
the highest heaven"
(Mohammedan).
future state,
eternal home,
eternal reward.
resurrection,
translation —
resuscitation
etc.
660.
apotheosis,
deification.
adjective
heavenly,
celestial,
supernal,
unearthly,
from on high,
paradisiacal,
beatific,
elysian.
phrase
looks through nature up to the nature's god"
[Pope];
the great world's altarstairs, that slope through the great world's altarstairs, that slope through darkness up to God"
[Tennyson];
the treasury of everlasting joy"
[Henry VI];
vigeur de dessus [Fr.].
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