Definition of Heavens

1. Noun. The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.


Definition of Heavens

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of heaven) ¹

3. Noun. The sky. ¹

4. Interjection. An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heavens

1. heaven [n] - See also: heaven

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heavens

heavenish
heavenize
heavenized
heavenizes
heavenizing
heavenlier
heavenliest
heavenlike
heavenliness
heavenlinesses
heavenly
heavenly bodies
heavenly body
heavenlyminded
heavenric
heavens
heavens above
heavenward
heavenwardly
heavenwards
heaver
heavers
heaves
heavied
heavier
heavier-than-air
heavier-than-air craft
heavies
heaviest
heavily

Literary usage of Heavens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"11 Sei Am S 82:148-9 S 2 '16 One-color planet-pictures. 11 Lit Digest 52:967 Astronomy for 1915. P. Puiseux. Sei Am S 82:242-3 О 14 '16 Heavens in January, ..."

2. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"The Supreme Being has made the best arguments for his own existence, in the formation of the heavens and the earth; and these are arguments which a man of ..."

3. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1789)
"BY the continuation of a review of the heavens with my twenty-feet reflector, ... The method I have taken of analyzing the heavens, if I may 4b ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Amun, or Chnum, or Thoth appears as the supreme creative god, who produces the heavens, earth and its vegetation, animals, men, and gods. ..."

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