heaven
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
How often you will meet it
Rank 592 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 32,888 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.016% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- any place of complete bliss and delight and peace also: Eden, paradise, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la
- the abode of God and the angels
heaven in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Wife of Jupiter, and queen of heaven.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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His dim recollection of it all formed his one conception of heaven.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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What remembrances, bitter or sweet, came over the widower's heart, Heaven knows!
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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It is probably a dizzying thing to be snatched into the seventh heaven.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Christ, by highest Heaven adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord; Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of the favored one.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1