See also:

• EMPYREAN (from the Med. Lat. empyreus, an adaptation of the Gr. €p1rvpos, in or on the fire, avp)

EMPYREAN (from the Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. empyreus, an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Gr. €p1rvpos, in or on the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, avp)  , the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the highest See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven, which in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient cosmologies was supposed to be occupied by the See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire . It was thus used as a name for the See also:

• FIRMAMENT

firmament, and in See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian literature for the dwelling-place of See also:

• GOD

God and the blessed, and as the source of See also:

• LIGHT

light . The word is used both as a substantive and as an See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective . Having the same See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek origin are the scientific words " empyreuma " and " empyreumatic," applied to the characteristic See also:

• SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell of burning or charring See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable or See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• MATTER

matter .