HEAVEN
NOUNS
► ABRAHAM’S BOSOM the Biblical ‘heaven’ → 1597
► BETTER PLACE, A heaven → 1481 euphemism
► BEULAH LAND heaven or the Promised Land; a place of perfection or happiness; also used ironically → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BEULAH SHORE heaven or the Promised Land; a place of perfection or happiness; also used ironically → 1955 Amer. dial.
► BLUE heaven → 1975 US jive usage (Bk.)
► BOOK OF LIFE the mystic book in heaven in which all the records of people on earth are recorded and which will be brought forth on judgement day, and the rewards or penalties handed out by the Lord of Heaven accordingly → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GOOD PLACE, THE Heaven → 1912 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE HEAVEN the abiding place of late lamented animal pets → 1914 Amer. dial.
► HEAVEN-BLISS the bliss of heaven → a1300 obs.
► HEAVENRIC ► HEAVENRICH the kingdom of heaven; heaven as the place of the blessed → 971 obs.
► HEAVENWARE the inhabitants of heaven → c1000 obs.
► KINGDOM COME the next life, either heaven or hell → 18C colloq.
► LAND OF SCOTS heaven → L19 sl.
► LAND OF THE LEAL the realm of the blessed departed, heaven → 1798 Sc.
► NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY the future life; heaven → 1888 Aust. sl.
► OURANOPHOBIA ► URANOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of the heavens → 1991 (Bk.)
► PEARLY GATES the entrance to heaven → colloq.
► SANCTUARY Heaven → 1382
► SCALIA CAELI a ladder leading from earth to heaven; a means of attaining heaven or heavenly bliss → 1549
► SKEW the sky or heaven → a1300 obs.
► SKEWS the skies, heavens, or clouds → c1320 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► HEAVENER a person believed to reside in heaven → 1565 obs.
► HEAVENWARE the inhabitants of heaven → c1000 obs.
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