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noun

(especially in Islam and the cabala) the highest heaven, where God and the most exalted angels dwell.

a state of intense happiness; bliss: We were in seventh heaven in our new home.

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Origin of seventh heaven

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby seventh heaven

Seventh Commandment, seventh cranial nerve, Seventh-Day, Seventh-Day Adventist, Seventh-Day Adventists, seventh heaven, seventh-inning stretch, seventieth, seventy, seventy-eight, seventy-eighth

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How to use seventh heaven in a sentence

Rick would cut together five years worth of work, add the sixth, then recut six years worth of work, add the seventh, and so on.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I´m now writing to you from goat heaven,” he lamented on the blog he maintains.
Sweden’s Burning Christmas Goat|Nina Strochlic|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In its opening weekend the movie Heaven Is For Real (budget: $12 million) doubled its gross.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More|Kevin Fallon|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hatuey asked the religious man holding the flame if indeed any Christians were in heaven.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But assuming things were ever that hopeful, heaven was short-lived, and trouble followed.
The Sydney Astrologer Turned Islamic Radical|Jacob Siegel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It will be no more monotonous than having one's seventh birthday or falling in love for the first time.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Decide about it, ye that are learned in the ethnographic distinctions of our race—but heaven defend us from the Bourbonnaises!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
And if an earthly father would act thus wisely and thus kindly, "how much more your Father which is in Heaven?"
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
The expression of his features was calm and composed, and his eyes were raised to heaven with a look of hope and supplication.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
A burning crimson flushed over the cheek of Wharton, as Louis uttered this ardent appeal to friendship and to Heaven.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for seventh heaven

seventh heaven

noun

the final state of eternal bliss, esp according to Talmudic and Muslim eschatology

a state of supreme happiness

Word Origin for seventh heaven

C19: so named from the belief that there are seven levels of heaven, the seventh and most exalted being the abode of God and the angels

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