Heaven
41Heaven — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of God and the angels, and of the good after death, often characterized as above the sky. 2 a place or state of supreme bliss. 3 colloq. something delightful. 4 (usu. Heaven) God, Providence… …
42heaven — Synonyms and related words: Agapemone, Arcadia, Avalon, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Caelus, Canaan, Civitas Dei, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, Garden of Eden, Goshen, Happy Valley, Land of Youth, Laputa, Never Never land,… …
43heaven — see heaven protects children, sailors, and drunken men crosses are ladders that lead to heaven God’s in his heaven, all’s right with the world marriages are made in heaven see also God …
44heaven — [OE] The precise origins of the word heaven have never been satisfactorily explained. Could it perhaps be related in some way to Greek kamára ‘vault, covering’, and thus originally have denoted ‘sky thought of as arching over or covering the… …
45heaven — n. 1. Firmament, sky, welkin, empyrean, celestial sphere, starry heaven, vault of heaven, canopy of heaven. 2. Paradise, Elysium, bliss, abodes of bliss, the Eternal Rest, our eternal home, our Father s house, Abraham s bosom, the Divine abode,… …
46heaven — [ˈhev(ə)n] noun 1) heaven or Heaven [U] the place where God is believed to live 2) the heavens [plural] literary the sky • for heaven s sake/sakes spoken used for emphasizing that you are annoyed or impatient with someone[/ex] …
47heaven — This word (from Old English for home of God ) has various meanings: (1) in the ancient world, heaven was often identified with the sky and considered the dwelling place of the divine; (2) in Judaism, because of the reluctance to pronounce the… …
48heaven — [OE] The precise origins of the word heaven have never been satisfactorily explained. Could it perhaps be related in some way to Greek kamára ‘vault, covering’, and thus originally have denoted ‘sky thought of as arching over or covering the… …
49heaven — See: MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH, WOULD THAT or WOULD HEAVEN …
50heaven — See: MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH, WOULD THAT or WOULD HEAVEN …
