noun, masculine/ɑ̃.pi.ʁe/
the empyrean, highest part of the sky, that the ancients considered as the stay of the deities.
“Enfants, dans vos yeux éclatants Je crois voir l’empyrée éclore : Vous riez comme le printemps Et vous pleurez comme l’aurore.” — Children, in your bright eyes I think I see the empyrean bloom: You laugh like the spring And you cry like the dawn.
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εμπύριος (empúrios, “that which is inflamed”), from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).