paradise

Definitions


[ˈparədʌɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in some religions) heaven as the ultimate abode of the just
(e.g: martyrs who die in battle with the ungodly earn instant transmission to paradise)

- an ideal or idyllic place or state
(e.g: the surrounding countryside is a walker's paradise)


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Origin:
Old English paradisus, paradis, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek paradeisos ‘royal (enclosed) park’, from Avestan pairidaēza ‘enclosure, park’; subsequently reinforced by Old French paradis




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