the expanse of heaven

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• expanse — expanse, amplitude, spread, stretch are comparable when they denote an area or range of considerable or conspicuous extent. Expanse is applied chiefly to vast areas open to view and usually uniform in character {pure as the expanse of Heaven… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Expanse — Ex*panse , n. [From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere. See {Expand}.] That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. The green expanse. Savage. [1913 Webster] Lights . . . high in the expanse… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Heaven — may refer to the physical heavens, the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond.The term is used to refer to a plane of existence (sometimes held to exist in our own universe) in religions and spiritual philosophies, typically… …   Wikipedia

• Heaven — Heav en (h[e^]v n), n. [OE. heven, hefen, heofen, AS. heofon; akin to OS. hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Pianist (memoir) — The Pianist is a memoir written by the Polish musician of Jewish origins Władysław Szpilman. He tells how he survived the German deportations of Jews to extermination camps, the 1943 destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the 1944 Warsaw Uprising… …   Wikipedia

• The Rusticated Youth of China — The Rusticated Youth of China, known in Chinese as 知识青年 or simply 知青，is a term used in the PRC to refer to a young person who had received a high level of education, especially those who, beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural… …   Wikipedia

• heaven — heavenless, adj. /hev euhn/, n. 1. the abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous after death; the place or state of existence of the blessed after the mortal life. 2. (cap.) Often, Heavens. the celestial powers; God. 3. a metonym …   Universalium

• Heaven —    1) Definitions. The phrase heaven and earth is used to indicate the whole universe (Gen. 1:1; Jer. 23:24; Acts 17:24). According to the Jewish notion there were three heavens,    (a) The firmament, as fowls of the heaven (Gen. 2:19; 7:3, 23;… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• heaven — noun Etymology: Middle English heven, from Old English heofon; akin to Old High German himil heaven Date: before 12th century 1. the expanse of space that seems to be over the earth like a dome ; firmament usually used in plural 2. a. often… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• heaven — /ˈhɛvən / (say hevuhn) noun 1. (also upper case) (in many religions and mythologies) a place or state of existence where people (often those who have lived righteously or those chosen by a god or gods) live on after death in happiness. In the… …  

• heaven — heav•en [[t]ˈhɛv ən[/t]] n. 1) rel the abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous after death; the place or state of existence of the blessed after the mortal life 2) rel (cap.) Often, Heavens. the celestial powers; God 3) Often,… …   From formal English to slang