kingdom; throne of God; presence of God; inheritance of the saints in
light.
Paradise, Eden, Zion, abode of the blessed; celestial bliss,
glory.
[Mythological heaven] Olympus; Elysium (paradise), Elysian fields,
Arcadia†, bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides, third heaven;
Valhalla, Walhalla (Scandinavian); Nirvana (Buddhist); happy hunting
grounds; Alfardaws†, Assama†; Falak al aflak [Ar.] the highest heaven
(Mohammedan).
future state, eternal home, eternal reward.
resurrection, translation; resuscitation &c 660.
apotheosis, deification.
Adj. heavenly, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high,
paradisiacal, beatific, elysian.
Phr. looks through nature up to the nature's god [Pope]; the great
world's altarstairs, that slope through darkness up to God [Tennyson];
the treasury of everlasting joy [Henry VI]; vigeur de dessus [Fr.].