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Firmament

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The vault of the heavens; the sky.

n. basis.

n. The field or sphere of an interest or activity.

n. In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth sphere, which carried the fixed stars.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Fixed foundation; established basis.

n. The region of the air; the sky or heavens.

n. The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Foundation; support; basis.

n. The sky or heavens; the vault of heaven, viewed as something solid and abiding; the region of the air.

n. A piece of jewelry, as a star or the like, meant to be worn in a head-dress, such as the commode or tower of the seventeenth century.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

Word Usage

"The reader may also refer to the note of Johannes Clericus, in his commentary on Genesis, who retains the word firmament, and argues at length in vindication of the term."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

surface

Form

firmamental

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

heave

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

orb constellation hemisphere heaven radiance