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Definition heaven

Etymology

From a wide variety of Middle English forms including heven, hevin, heuen, and hewin (“heaven, sky”), from Old English heofon (“heaven, sky”), of uncertain origin.

Cognate with Scots heiven, hewin (“heaven, sky”), Old Saxon he?an (“heaven, sky”), Low German Heven (“heaven, sky”), and possibly the rare Icelandic and Old Norse hifinn (“heaven, sky”), which are probably dissimilated forms of the Germanic root which appears in Old Norse himinn (“heaven, sky”), Gothic ?????? (himins, “heaven, sky”), Old Swedish himin, Old Danish himæn and probably also (in another variant form) Old Saxon himil, Old Dutch himil (modern Dutch hemel), and Old High German himil (German Himmel).

Accepting these as cognates, some scholars propose a further derivation from Proto-Germanic *himinaz (“cover, heaven, sky”).

Noun

heaven (countable and uncountable, plural heavens)

1. The sky, specifically:
   1. (dated, now usually plural) The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres.
   2. (obsolete) The near sky in which weather, flying animals, etc. appear; (obsolete) the atmosphere; the climate.
   3. (obsolete) A model displaying the movement of the celestial bodies, an orrery.
2. (religion) The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially:
   1. (Christianity, usually capitalized) The abode of God and of the angels and saints in His presence.
   2. (religion, by extension, often capitalized) The abode of the Abrahamic God; similar abodes of the gods in other religions and traditions, such as Mount Olympus.
   3. (by extension, usually capitalized) Providence, the will of God or the council of the gods; fate.
3. (religion) The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically:
   1. (Christianity, Islam) The afterlife of the souls who are not sent to a place of punishment or purification such as hell, purgatory, or limbo; the state or condition of being in the presence of God after death.
   2. (religion, by extension, often capitalized) The afterlife of the blessed dead in other religions and traditions, such as the Pure Land or Elysium.
   3. (by extension) Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.
   4. (by extension) A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy.
   5. (informal, with a modifier) Similarly blissful afterlives, places, or states for particular people, animals, or objects.

Verb

heaven (third-person singular simple present heavens, present participle heavening, simple past and past participle heavened)

1. (obsolete) To transport to the abode of God, the gods, or the blessed.
2. (obsolete) To beatify, enchant, or please greatly.
3. (obsolete) To beautify, to make into a paradise.

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