Heaven
['hev(ə)n] or ['hɛvn]
Definition
(n.) The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense.
(n.) The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.
(n.) The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.
(n.) Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.
(v. t.) To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.
Typed by Harley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Firmament, sky, welkin, empyrean, celestial sphere, starry heaven, vault of heaven, canopy of heaven.[2]. Paradise, Elysium, abode of the blessed.[3]. God, Jehovah, Lord.[4]. Exalted state, state of bliss, great felicity, supreme happiness.
Typed by Hester
Definition
n. the arch of sky overhanging the earth: the air: a zone or region: a very great and indefinite height: the dwelling-place of the Deity and the blessed: the Deity as inhabiting heaven: supreme happiness.—adjs. Heav′en-born descended from heaven; Heav′en-bred (Shak.) bred or produced in heaven; Heav′en-direct′ed pointing to the sky: divinely guided; Heav′en-fall′en (Milt.) fallen from heaven having rebelled against God; Heav′en-gift′ed granted by heaven; Heav′en-kiss′ing (Shak.) kissing or touching as it were the sky.—n. Heav′enliness.—adj. Heav′enly of or inhabiting heaven: celestial: pure: supremely blessed: very excellent.—adv. in a manner like that of heaven: by the influence of heaven.—adj. Heav′enly-mind′ed having the mind placed upon heavenly things: pure.—n. Heav′enly-mind′edness.—advs. Heav′enward Heav′enwards toward or in the direction of heaven.—Heaven of heavens (B.) the highest of the heavens the abode and seat of God; In the seventh heaven in a state of the most exalted happiness—from the system of the Cabbalists who divided the heavens into seven in an ascending scale of happiness up to the abode of God.
Typist: Shelby
Unserious Contents or Definition
If you ascend to heaven in a dream, you will fail to enjoy the distinction you have labored to gain,, and joy will end in sadness. If young persons dream of climbing to heaven on a ladder, they will rise from a low estate to one of unusual prominence, but will fail to find contentment or much pleasure. To dream of being in heaven and meeting Christ and friends, you will meet with many losses, but will reconcile yourself to them through your true understanding of human nature. To dream of the Heavenly City, denotes a contented and spiritual nature, and trouble will do you small harm.
Inputed by Logan
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs and the good listen with attention while you expound your own.
Typed by Abe
Unserious Contents or Definition
A good place to be raised to.
Edited by Kelsey
Examples
- Would to heaven I had never seen it! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pray Heaven that I am going away from, have compassion on my uncle! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Heaven and Evening gazed back on her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Heaven was cloudless, and grand with the quiver of its living fires. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There it goes, and there is an end, thank Heaven! Jane Austen. Emma.
- They were sanctioned by the authority of heaven, and it was deemed impiety to alter them. Plato. The Republic.
- For the love of Heaven, of justice, of generosity, of the honour of your noble name! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Help us all you can to find her, and may Heaven reward you! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Leave this island before nightfall, or, by heaven, I will have you drowned like the rat you are! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Heaven defend me from being ungrateful! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- If your good lady doesn't exhibit something in the shape of a contradiction in that time, Heaven help you! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Of course I shall go on living as a man might do who had seen heaven in a trance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For heaven's sake see if my buggy's at the door. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Wasn't I a woman delicately bred; and he,--God in heaven! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And that wretch stands there, and tries to make me doubt that my mother, who was an angel on earth, is an angel in heaven now! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We had the phenomenon of a full moon located just in the same spot in the heavens at the same hour every night. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Galileo soon thereafter greatly improved and increased its capacity, and was the first to direct it towards the heavens. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If they are really good specimens--Great heavens, is it you? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- From the East Heavens! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I thank God, that I have beheld his throne, the heavens, and earth, his footstool. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I have been so unlucky already in giving you pain without having any such intentions, before the holy Heavens! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- As I was saying, Mr.-- Heavens, Professor, a lion? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Heavens, Meejor! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This unity is like the sun in the heavens, the light by which all things are seen, the being by which they are created and sustained. Plato. The Republic.
- As t hey advanced in knowledge they looked to the stars for guidance, especially to the pole star and the imperishable star-group of the northern heavens. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Great heavens! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was impossible for Monseigneur to dispense with one of these attendants on the chocolate and hold his high place under the admiring Heavens. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- By heavens, it's the couple, Pickwick,' exclaimed the old gentleman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The old man, leaning on his son, walked each day at noon, when it did not rain, as I found it was called when the heavens poured forth its waters. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typist: Nicholas