Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAR'A-DISE, n. [Gr. παραδεισος.]

1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed immediately after their creation. – Encyc. Milton.
2. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight. The earth / Shall all be paradise. – Milton.
3. Heaven, the blissful seat of sanctified souls after death. This day shalt thou be with me in paradise. – Luke xxiii.
4. Primarily, in Persia, a pleasure-garden, with parks and other appendages. – Mitford.