Heaven

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to Beatify.

II. Heaven ·noun The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.

III. Heaven ·noun The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively;

— used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.

IV. Heaven ·noun Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.

V. Heaven ·noun 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.

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