Paradise

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A churchyard or cemetery.

II. Paradise ·noun The abode of sanctified souls after death.

III. Paradise ·noun The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.

IV. Paradise ·noun A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.

V. Paradise ·vt To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to Entrance; to Bewitch.

VI. Paradise ·noun An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, ·etc.

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