heaven

noun

• 1 (often Heaven) a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky: those who practised good deeds would receive the reward of a place in heaven Juno, Queen of Heaven and wife of Jupiter
• God (or the gods):Constantine was persuaded that disunity in the Church was displeasing to heaven
• Theology a state of being eternally in the presence of God after death: the everlasting happiness with God that we call heaven
• used in various exclamations as a substitute for ‘God’:heaven knows! good heavens!

• 2 (also the heavens) literary the sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated:Galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens

• 3 informal a place, state, or experience of supreme bliss:lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven