Em*pyr"e*al (?), a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. , , in fire, fiery; in + fire. See In, and Fire.]

Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.

Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. Pope.

Empyreal air, oxygen gas.

 

© Webster 1913.


Em*pyr"e*al, n.

Empyrean.

Mrs. Browning.

 

© Webster 1913.

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