heaven

Plural

heavens

1. 1.The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially:

   • With Ioue in heauen, or some where else.
   • Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.
   • There's nothing we can do but pray to heaven for good luck.

2. 2.The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically

   • Teache the people to gett heuen with fastynge.
   • Wee haue a great high Priest, that is passed into the heauens.
   • The belief in ascending to Heaven after death became widespread in the Han dynasty.

3. 3.Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.

   • Such a shop as that..would be quite a heaven upon earth to me.
   • England, that was formerly the heaven, would be now the hell for women.
   • They thought strikes and hunger marches the quintessence of politics and Soviet Russia heaven on earth.

4. 4.A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy.

   • Husbandes are in heauen..whose wiues scold not.
   • I'd turn it up to 10 and it sounded all distorted and I remember feeling like I was in heaven!
   • He would just stare at me and say, “You are beautiful, you are so beautiful.” I was in heaven hearing this.

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• hell
• pit