paradise

Definition

The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.

Etymology

From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis. Displaced Old English neorxnawang.

Example Sentences

• "Living in paradise comes with a price."
• "And Jesus said unto him [the malefactor], Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise."
• "This employment I considered as the only satisfaction I could offer to the memory of your unfortunate mother, and I flatter myself that if she could look down, it would give her angelic mind pleasure even in paradise, to behold me instilling into the minds of her children, sentiments congenial with her own."

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