Meaning of heavenriche | Babel Free
/ˈhɛvənriːtʃə/Definitions
The kingdom of heaven; heaven.
obsolete, uncountable
Examples
“The poet Samuel Coleridge used heavenriche to describe the sky, the place where nimbification or cloud-forming occurs.”
“This word is contained in the first line of Cæd- mon's Hymn, and in its ancient spelling appears as hefaenricaes. What is the meaning of hefaenricaes? In modern English it would appear as heavenric's, the possessive of heavenric, a word which would be akin in formation to bishopric.”
“For, at the end, it taketh away the joy of heaven-ric.”
“heavenric. The kingdom of heaven; heaven as the abode of the blessed. Anglo-Saxon heofona rice, kingdom of the heavens. (German Reich, kingdom.) Also heavenrich, heovenryke. Used into the 15th century. In THE LAND OF COCKAYNE (13th century) heavenriche is used for the sky.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.