elysian
elysian is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades." Massinger. "Elysian age." Beattie. This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Longfellow.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abode
- apotheosis
- beatific
- blessed
- bliss
- celestial
- darkness
- deification
- eternal
- everlasting
- from
- future
- garden
- glory
- god
- great
- happy
- heaven
- heavenly
- high
- home
- hunting
- inheritance
- joy
- kingdom
- light
- nature
- paradise
- paradisiacal
- presence
- resurrection
- resuscitation
- reward
- slope
- state
- supernal
- that
- the
- third
- throne
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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