Definition of "empyreal"
empyreal
adjective
not comparable
Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean
Quotations
The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne,That cauſd the eldeſt ſonne of heauenly Ops,To thruſt his doting father from his chaire,And place himſelfe in the Emperiall heauen,Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act II, scene vii
This downfall ; ſince by Fate the ſtrength of GodsAnd this Empyreal ſubſtance cannot fail,Since through experience of this great eventIn Arms not worſe, in foreſight much advanc't,We may with more ſucceſsſul hope reſolveTo wage by force or guile eternal Warr […]
1674, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], page 6