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See also:EMPYREAN (from the Med. See also:Lat. empyreus, an See also:adaptation of the Gr. €p1rvpos, in or on the See also:fire, avp) , the See also:place in the highest See also:heaven, which in See also:ancient cosmologies was supposed to be occupied by the See also:element of See also:fire . It was thus used as a name for the See also:firmament, and in See also:Christian literature for the dwelling-place of See also:God and the blessed, and as the source of See also:light . The word is used both as a substantive and as an See also:adjective . Having the same See also:Greek origin are the scientific words " empyreuma " and " empyreumatic," applied to the characteristic See also:smell of burning or charring See also:vegetable or See also:animal See also:matter . |
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