empyreal

[ em-pir-ee-uhl, -pahy-ree-, em-puh-ree-uhl, -pahy- ]

adjective

Origin of empyreal

1475–85; <Late Latin empyre(us), variant of empyrius (<Greek empýrios fiery, equivalent to em-em-² + pŷr fire + -ios adj. suffix) + -al¹

Khirad, Intelligence or the first Intelligence, was supposed to be the guardian of the empyreal heaven (Erskine).
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
It despised the rock, the tree, the vital air itself, aspiring to breathe empyreal air.
Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5) | John Ruskin
At Acropolis, near Athens, Minerva's statue formerly fell from the empyreal heaven.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. | Francois Rabelais
This latter had in the upper part of it the empyreal, or heaven of pure light.
Astronomical Myths | John F. Blake
The first was the empyreal heaven, which was the most remote.
Astronomical Myths | John F. Blake

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