Contents DescriptionEmpyreans were the universal manifestation of beauty. They had a statuesque appearance and never aged. PersonalityCreatures of strong emotions, empyreans were capable of altering their surroundings according to their moods. The environment around an empyrean physically manifested the empyrean's emotions.

Empyreal: 1 adj of or relating to the sky or heavens Synonyms: empyrean adj inspiring awe “'well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity'- M.S.Dworkin” Synonyms: empyrean, sublime glorious having or deserving or conferring glory. Empyrean - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums.

Wilting flowers, salt-water rains, even dying animals and trees might reflect an empyrean's negative emotions, while radiant sunlight, bird song, and playful small animals would manifest around a happy empyrean.As children of the Upper Planes, most empyreans were usually benevolent creatures. However, if an empyrean became corrupted by the or suffered a curse from an deity and turned to evil, it could no longer live in its home plane and had to retreat to the.

CombatAs un-aging creatures of immense powers, empyreans did not contemplate their own mortality and recklessly charged into battle even if at the brink of being slain. They could do devastating earth-shaking damage with their weapons and bolts of pure energy, and could considerably bolster their allies, amplifying their abilities and resistance to magic effects. Empyreans could also innately cast a number of, such as,. SocietyAn empyrean who was slain in battle was typically resurrected by one of its parents in its home plane. The only exception was when the empyrean's parents had a reason not to revive their child. Notable Empyreanswas the empyrean daughter of.

She owed a favor to in the late 15 th century. Appendix Appearances Adventures. References.

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Etymology[edit]

From Latinempȳreus, from Ancient Greekἐμπύριος(empúrios), from ἐν(en, “in”) + πῦρ(pûr, “fire”) (whence English pyre).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ɛmˌpaɪˈɹiːn̩/, /ɛmˈpɪɹi.ən/

Noun[edit]

empyrean (pluralempyreans)

1. (historical) The region of purelight and fire; the highestheaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to exist: the same as the ether, the ninth heaven according to ancientastronomy.
   • 1674, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, 2nd revised and augmented edition, London: Printed by S[amuel] Simmons[…], , page 192:

     So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, / With Halleluiahs: [..]

   • 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “[Experiments] In Quantity”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co.,[…], , page 174:

     Milton, a name to resound for ages; / Whose titan angels, Gabriel, Abdiel, / Starr'd from Jehovah's gorgeous armouries, / Tower, the deep-domed empyrëan / Rings to the roar of an angel onset— [..]

   • 1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “The Two Poets of Saffron Park”, in The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith,[…]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company Limited, , page 13:

     This particular evening, if it remembered for nothing else, will be remembered in that place for its strange sunset. [..] The whole was so close about the earth, as if to express nothing but a violent secrecy. The very empyrean seemed to be a secret.

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Adjective[edit]

empyrean (not comparable)

1. Of the sky or the heavens; celestiallyrefined.
   • 1668, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, M. DC. LXVI.[…], London: Printed for Henry Herringman,[…], , stanza 270, page 71:

     In th' Empyrean Heaven, (the bleſs'd Abode) / The Thrones and the Dominions proſtrate lie, / Not daring to behold their angry God: [..]

   • 1700, Matthew Prior, Carmen Saeculare

     Yet upward she [the goddess] incessant flies; / Resolv’d to reach the high empyrean Sphere.

   • 1818, John Keats, “Book II”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: Printed [by T. Miller] for Taylor and Hessey,[…], , lines 821–822, page 91:

     Lispings empyrean will I sometime teach / Thine honied tongue— [..]

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References[edit]

• empyrean in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914

Further reading[edit]

• empyrean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia