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heaven

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Synonyms: heave, haven, heaved, leaven, heaver, heavin, heavey, heauen, heav'n, heaten, heaves

Antonyms: heave, haven, heaved, leaven, heaver, heavin, heavey, heauen, heav'n, heaten, heaves

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Noun

  1. The [[sky]], ''[[specifically]]'':
  2. {{lb|en|religion}} The [[abode]] of [[God]] or the [[god]]s, [[traditionally]] [[conceive]]d as beyond the [[sky]]; especially:
  3. {{lb|en|religion}} The [[afterlife]] of the [[bless]]ed [[dead]], [[traditionally]] [[conceive]]d as [[oppose]]d to an [[afterlife]] of the [[wicked]] and [[unjust]] ([[compare]] {{m|en|hell}}); specifically:
  4. {{lb|en|by extension}} Any [[paradise]]; any [[blissful]] [[place]] or [[experience]].
  5. {{lb|en|by extension}} A [[state]] of [[bliss]]; a [[peaceful]] [[ecstasy]].
  6. {{lb|en|informal|with a modifier}} [[similarly|Similarly]] [[blissful]] [[afterlives]], [[place]]s, or [[state]]s for [[particular]] [[people]], [[animal]]s, or [[object]]s.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[transport]] to the [[abode]] of [[God]], the [[god]]s, or the [[blessed]].
  2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[beatify|beatify]], [[enchant]], or [[please]] [[greatly]].
  3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[beautify]], to [[make]] into a [[paradise]].

Adjective

  1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Being [[heavenly]].

Proper noun

  1. {{lb|en|religion}} The [[abode]] of [[God]] or the [[gods]], when [[considered]] as a [[specific]] [[location]]; the [[abode]] of the [[blessed]] [[departed]] who [[reside]] in the [[presence]] of [[God]] or the [[gods]]
  2. {{lb|en|religion}} [[Providence]], the [[will]] of [[God]] or the [[gods]], when [[considered]] as a [[personal]] [[entity]] or [[specific]] [[aspect]] of the [[divine]]; [[Fate]]
  3. {{lb|en|uncommon}} [[other|Other]] [[extended]] [[sense]]s of ''[[heaven]]'' as a [[specific]] [[place]] [[similar]] to the [[abode]] of [[God]], the [[god]]s, or the [[blessed]] [[departed]]
  4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[sky]], [[particularly]] its [[distant]] [[aspect]] as the [[abode]] of the [[sun]], [[moon]], and [[star]]s
  5. {{lb|en|Chinese mythology|semantic translation of {{m|zh|天}}}} The [[supreme]] [[God]] or [[Nature]] which [[control]]s the [[universe]].
  6. {{lb|en|uncommon}} {{surname|en|from=patronymics}} ''derived from'' {{m|en|Evan}}
  7. {{lb|en|rare}} {{given name|en|female|from=English}} ''of modern usage from the noun {{m|en|heaven}}.''

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