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paradise
1[par-uh-dahys, -dahyz]
noun
heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
an intermediate place for the departed souls of the righteous awaiting resurrection.
(often initial capital letter)Eden.
a place of extreme beauty, delight, or happiness.
a state of supreme happiness; bliss.
Architecture.
an enclosure beside a church, as an atrium or cloister.
Italian Paradiso.(initial capital letter, italics)the third and concluding part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting heaven, through which he is guided by Beatrice.
Paradise
2[par-uh-dahys, -dahyz]
noun
a town in N California.
paradise
/ ˈæəˌ岹ɪ /
noun
heaven as the ultimate abode or state of the righteous
Islam the sensual garden of delights that the Koran promises the faithful after death
Also called: limbo.(according to some theologians) the intermediate abode or state of the just prior to the Resurrection of Jesus, as in Luke 23:43
the place or state of happiness enjoyed by Adam before the first sin; the Garden of Eden
any place or condition that fulfils all one's desires or aspirations
a park in which foreign animals are kept
paradise
A place or state of pure happiness. Christians (see also Christian) have identified paradise both with the Garden of Eden and with heaven.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of paradise1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of paradise1
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Example Sentences
Investigators believe he was preparing to flee the UK for a "paradise island," where no extradition treaty was available, but they did not disclose the exact location.
Bathers are an artistic signal for life crawling onto shore out of the primordial ooze or basking in a pastoral, prelapsarian paradise.
With plenty of grass, trees, dirt and hints of scatological delights in the air, they were in dog paradise.
The name has a dual meaning in Arabic for both “fruits of paradise” and “evening conversations with friends,” which nicely sums up the feeling of their perfumes.
Brian Wilson’s death on Wednesday at the age of 82 heralds an end to one idea of Southern California — as the temperate paradise of ascendant Americana.
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