Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paradise"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Paradise
a Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or
"park" or "king's garden." (See {EDEN}.) It came in
course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness
and rest hereafter (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7). For
"garden" in Gen. 2:8 the LXX. has "paradise."

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an
inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. ?) + diz to throw up,
pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
after their creation.

2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.

To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
xxiii. 43.

It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
Paradise. --Longfellow.

3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
hence, a state of happiness.

The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton.

Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
--Beaconsfield.

4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
before a basilica, etc.

5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.

{Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.

{Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
{Pepper}.

{Paradise bird}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[ae]}) also include
some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
in the Vocabulary.

{Paradise fish} (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.

{Paradise flycatcher} (Zo["o]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
{Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
the head glossy dark green, and crested.

{Paradise grackle} (Zo["o]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
plumage with brilliant metallic tints.

{Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
[Local, U. S.]

{Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Whidah}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Paradise \Par"a*dise\, v. t.
To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to
bewitch. [R.] --Marston.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

paradise
n 1: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: {eden},
{nirvana}, {heaven}, {promised land}, {Shangri-la}]
2: a heavenly place (peaceful and beautiful) where those who
are favored by the gods can go when they die [syn: {Elysium},
{Elysian Fields}, {Valhalla}]


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