Heaven
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The abode of God or the gods, when considered as a specific location; the abode of the blessed departed who reside in the presence of God or the gods
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The abode of God or the gods, when considered as a specific location; the abode of the blessed departed who reside in the presence of God or the gods
Conſider firſt that the excommunicated Prelate ſaith... Kings are not immediatly from God, as by any ſpeciall Ordinance ſent from Heaven by the miniſtery of Angels and Prophets, there were but ſome few ſuch, as Moſes, Saul, David, etc.
Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
To grasp the Chinese's notion of Heaven, we must look at the contexts in which tian is used... In the Book of Odes (Shi jing 詩經), which includes poems dated between the eleventh and seventh centuries BCE, tian is a place where the Heavenly Thearch resides.
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Providence, the will of God or the gods, when considered as a personal entity or specific aspect of the divine; Fate
...but that the will And high permission of all-ruling Heaven Left him at large to his own dark designs,
Heaven commands thine arm To lift the sure-destroying sword!
...executing the just judgment of offended Heaven upon cattle-houghers, traitors, and assassins.
Cosmologists regarded Heaven as a force—composed of qi (氣), which was divided into yin (陰) and yang (陽) aspects—that kept the cosmos moving.
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Other extended senses of heaven as a specific place similar to the abode of God, the gods, or the blessed departed
The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
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obsoletoThe sky, particularly its distant aspect as the abode of the sun, moon, and stars
Everie...Countrie, by the nature of the place, the climate of the Heaven, and the influence of the starres hath certaine vertues.
The Heauens...are carried in 24 houres from East to West.
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The supreme God or Nature which controls the universe.
What Heaven has conferred is called the Nature...
It was not just the sky, but a god with wills and intentions, seen as sovereign of all... In fact, "Tian" was another reverent term to address the supreme god: "Heaven, for the help of the inferior people, made for them rulers, and made for them instructors" ("Great Declaration I" in the Book of History)...
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A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Evan
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raroA female given name from English of modern usage from the noun heaven.
Etimologia
See heaven.
Heaven · The abode of God or the gods, when considered as a specific location; the abode of the blessed departed who reside in the presence of God or the gods
heavenly · Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of…Heavenly · A female given name.heavens · The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars.