Etymology · Ancient Greek
ἐμπύριος
3 English words descend from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος, most common first.
- empyreanThe highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.
- empyrealPertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
- empyricalContaining the combustible principle of coal.