Paradise
(noun) (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la
(noun) any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Source: WordNet® 3.1
paradise (countable and uncountable, plural paradises)
(chiefly, religion) The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
Synonym: Heaven
(Abrahamic religions) A garden where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.
Synonym: Garden of Eden
(figuratively) A very pleasant place; a place full of lush vegetation.
Synonym: heaven
(figuratively) A very pleasant experience.
(architecture, obsolete) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
(obsolete) A churchyard or cemetery.
(slang) The upper gallery in a theatre.
paradise (third-person singular simple present paradises, present participle paradising, simple past and past participle paradised)
To place (as) in paradise.
Synonym: imparadise
(obsolete) To transform into a paradise.
(obsolete, rare) To affect or exalt with visions of happiness.
Synonyms: entrance, bewitch
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Paradise
(religion) Heaven.
(religion) The Garden of Eden.
A town in Butte County, California, United States
A town in Grenada
A city in Kansas
An unincorporated town in Clark County, Nevada, United States.
A census-designated place in Montana
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador
A rural location at the head of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand.
A community in Nova Scotia
A census-designated place in Pennsylvania
A village in Suriname
A city in Texas
A town in Utah
A settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands
A census-designated place in Mono County, California, United States.
• (Heaven): Heaven
• (Garden of Eden): Eden, Garden of Eden
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Source: Wiktionary
Par"a*dise, n. Etym: [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaeza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]
1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.
2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. Longfellow.
3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. Beaconsfield.
4. (Arch.)
Definition: An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] Oxf. Gloss. Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo.
– Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under Pepper.
– Paradise bird. (Zoöl.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among the most beautiful species are the superb (Lophorina superba); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The long-billed paradise birds (Epimachinæ) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise in the Vocabulary.
РParadise fish (Zo̦l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish (Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
РParadise flycatcher (Zo̦l.), any flycatcher of the genus Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of T. paradisi is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.
РParadise grackle (Zo̦l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
РParadise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut. [Local, U. S.] -- Paradise whidah bird. (Zo̦l.) See Whidah.
Par"a*dise, v. t.
Definition: To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [R.] Marston.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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