Definition of Firmament

Fir´ma`ment
n.1.Fixed foundation; established basis.
Custom is the . . . firmament of the law.
- Jer. Taylor.
2.The region of the air; the sky or heavens.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Gen. i. 6.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament.
- Gen. i. 14.
3.(Old Astron.) The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.


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Caelus, air, azure, blue sky, caelum, canopy, canopy of heaven, cerulean, cope, empyrean, ether, heaven, heavens, hyaline, lift, lifts, sky, starry heaven, the blue, the blue serene, vault, vault of heaven, welkin

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