| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers | | Section V. Religious Affections | | 1. Superhuman Beings and Regions |
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| 981. Heaven. |
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| NOUN: | HEAVEN; kingdom of -heaven, - God; heavenly kingdom; heaven of heavens, God’s throne, throne of God, presence of God; inheritance of the saints in light.
Paradise, Eden, Zion, Holy City, New Jerusalem, Heavenly City, City Celestial, abode of the blessed; celestial bliss, eternal bliss, unending bliss, glory, never-ending day.
[MYTHOLOGICAL HEAVEN OR PARADISE] Olympus; Elysium, Elysian fields, Islands (or Isles) of the Blessed, Happy Isles, Fortunate Isles, Arcadia, bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides, third heaven, seventh heaven; Valhalla or Walhalla [Scandinavian]; Nirvana [Buddhist]; happy hunting grounds [N. Amer. Indian]; Alfardaws, Assama; Falak al aflak, (“the highest heaven”) [Mohammedan].
FUTURE STATE, life after death, eternal home, resurrection, translation; resuscitation [See Restoration]; apotheosis, deification.
[THEOSOPHY] Devachan or Devaloka, the land of the Gods.
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| ADJECTIVE: | HEAVENLY, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high, paradisaic or paradisaical, paradisiac or paradisiacal, beatific, elysian, Olympian, Arcadian.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Looks through Nature up to Nature’s God.—Pope
- The great world’s altar stairs, That slope through darkness up to God.—Tennyson
- The treasury of everlasting joy.—Henry VI
- Vigeur de dessus.
- Heav’n but the Vision of fulfil’d desire.—Omar Khayyám—Fitzgerald
- That bright kingdom where the souls who strove Live now forever, helping living men.—Masefield
- That goal That lies beyond the purchase of the world.—Presland
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