<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.</li><li>an intermediate place for the departed souls of the righteous awaiting resurrection.</li><li>(often initial capital letter) Eden.</li><li>a place of extreme beauty, delight, or happiness.</li><li>a state of supreme happiness; bliss.</li><li>Architecture: parvis.</li><li>an enclosure beside a church, as an atrium or cloister.</li><li>(initial capital letter, italics) Italian Paradiso.</li><li>the third and concluding part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting heaven, through which he is guided by Beatrice.</li><li>Compare inferno (def 3), purgatory (def 2).</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>