empyreal air

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empyreal air - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Empyreal \Em*pyr"e*al\, a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. ?,
     ?, in fire, fiery; ? in + ? fire. See In, and Fire.]
     Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond a["e]rial
     substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of
     heaven.
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           Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. --Pope.
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     Empyreal air, oxygen gas.
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