Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAR'A-DISE
PAR-A-DIS'AE-APAR-A-DIS'E-AN, or PAR-A-DI-SI'AC-AL
PAR'A-DISE, n. [Gr. παραδεισος.]
- The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed immediately after their creation. – Encyc. Milton.
- A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight. The earth / Shall all be paradise. – Milton.
- Heaven, the blissful seat of sanctified souls after death. This day shalt thou be with me in paradise. – Luke xxiii.
- Primarily, in Persia, a pleasure-garden, with parks and other appendages. – Mitford.
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