noun. The Garden of Eden.

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noun. In various religious traditions, the Edenic or heavenly abode of righteous souls after death.

noun. According to some forms of Christian belief, an intermediate resting place for righteous souls awaiting the Resurrection.

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noun. A place of great beauty or happiness.

noun. A state of delight or happiness.

noun. In horticulture, a dwarf apple-tree, used as a stock on which to graft other varieties for the purpose of keeping the tree small in size. There are several forms or varieties of paradise apple, most of them of unknown and early origin. They are small-stature forms of the common apple, Pyrus Malus.

noun. A park or pleasure-ground connected with the residence of an Oriental prince; a garden.

noun. The garden of Eden.

noun. In theology: That part of the place of departed spirits where the souls of the righteous are by some believed to await the resurrection.

noun. Sometimes, heaven, or the final abode of the blessed.

noun. Hence A place of extreme beauty or delight; a region of supreme felicity or bliss.

noun. In medieval architecture: A small private apartment or study.

noun. A court or inclosed area in front of a church.

noun. The upper gallery in a play-house; the place of the “gallery gods.”

To make a paradise of.

To put into paradise; fill with supreme felicity.

transitive verb. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.

noun. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.

noun. The abode of sanctified souls after death.

noun. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.

noun. An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.

noun. A churchyard or cemetery.

noun. See under Fool, and Limbo.

noun. See Melequeta pepper, under Pepper.

noun. Same as Bird of paradise. Among the most beautiful species are the superb (Lophorina superba); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The long-billed paradise birds (Epimachinæ) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise in the Vocabulary.

noun. a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish (Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.

noun. any flycatcher of the genus Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of Terpsiphone paradisi is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.

noun. a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints.

noun. the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut.

noun. See Whidah.

noun. Heaven.

noun. A very pleasant place.

noun. A very positive experience.

verb. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.

noun. (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death

noun. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

"* Pater, dimitte illis; quia nesciunt, quid faciunt – “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23: 34) * Hodie mecum eris in paradise – “Verily, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise”"

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