Definitions for paradise
ˈpær əˌdaɪs, -ˌdaɪzpar·adise

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la(noun)

   any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

2. Paradise(noun)

   (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. paradise(Noun)

   Heaven.

   Etymology: From French paradis, from Latin paradisus, from Greek παράδεισος ‘royal park, orchard’, from Avestan
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2. paradise(Noun)

   A very pleasant place.

   Etymology: From French paradis, from Latin paradisus, from Greek παράδεισος ‘royal park, orchard’, from Avestan
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3. paradise(Noun)

   A very positive experience.

   Etymology: From French paradis, from Latin paradisus, from Greek παράδεισος ‘royal park, orchard’, from Avestan
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4. Paradise(ProperNoun)

   Heaven.

   Etymology: From French paradis, from Latin paradisus, from Greek παράδεισος ‘royal park, orchard’, from Avestan
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5. Paradise(ProperNoun)

   The Garden of Eden.

   Etymology: From French paradis, from Latin paradisus, from Greek παράδεισος ‘royal park, orchard’, from Avestan
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Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Paradise(noun)

   the garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation

   Etymology: [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]

2. Paradise(noun)

   the abode of sanctified souls after death

   Etymology: [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]

3. Paradise(noun)

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

   Etymology: [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]

4. Paradise(noun)

   an open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc

   Etymology: [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]

5. Paradise(noun)

   a churchyard or cemetery

   Etymology: [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]

6. Paradise(verb)

   to affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch

   Etymology: [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Paradise

   Paradise is a religious or metaphysical term for a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and eternal. It is conceptually a counter-image of the supposed miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is not necessarily a land of luxury and idleness. Paradise is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, in contrast to this world, or underworlds such as Hell. Paradisaical notions are cross-cultural, often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both. In eschatological contexts, paradise is imagined as an abode of the virtuous dead. In Christian and Islamic understanding, Heaven is a paradisaical relief, evident for example in the Gospel of Luke when Jesus tells a penitent criminal crucified alongside him that they will be together in paradise. In old Egyptian beliefs, the otherworld is Aaru, the reed-fields of ideal hunting and fishing grounds where the dead lived after judgment. For the Celts, it was the Fortunate Isle of Mag Mell. For the classical Greeks, the Elysian fields was a paradisaical land of plenty where the heroic and righteous dead hoped to spend eternity. The Vedic Indians held that the physical body was destroyed by fire but recreated and reunited in the Third Heaven in a state of bliss. In the Zoroastrian Avesta, the "Best Existence" and the "House of Song" are places of the righteous dead. On the other hand, in cosmological contexts 'paradise' describes the world before it was tainted by evil. So for example, the Abrahamic faiths associate paradise with the Garden of Eden, that is, the perfect state of the world prior to the fall from grace, and the perfect state that will be restored in the World to Come.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Paradise

   par′a-dīs, n. a park or pleasure-ground, esp. in ancient Persia: the garden of Eden: heaven: any place of great beauty or state of blissful delights: the happy abode of the righteous in heaven: (slang) the upper gallery in a theatre: (archit.) a small private apartment, a court in front of a church.—adjs. Paradisā′ic, -al, Paradis′iac, -al, pertaining to, or resembling, paradise.—n. Par′adise-fish, a Chinese species of Macropid often kept in aquaria for its beauty of form and colouring.—adjs. Paradis′ial, Paradis′ian, pertaining to, suitable to, or resembling paradise; Paradis′ic, -al, pertaining to paradise.—Bird Of Paradise, an Eastern bird closely allied to the crow, with splendid plumage. [Fr. paradis—L. paradisus—Gr. paradeisos, a park, prob. Persian.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. paradise

   1. A place where one is permitted to continue one's vices, excesses and inanities for an eternity. 2. A postmortem rake-off. 3. Any place from which one can see a friend in Hell. 4. One good telephone system. (Christians, Mohammedans and Billysundays have promised themselves a cheerful time after death; this they call _Paradise_. The Jews are the only people who have no Paradise beyond the tomb; this is easily explained when it is remembered that they own New York.)

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1. Paradesi

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of paradise in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of paradise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of paradise in a Sentence

1. Franz Kafka:

   There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. It was because of impatience that they were expelled from Paradise, it is because of indolence that they do not return. Yet perhaps there is only one major sin: impatience. Because of impatience they were expelled, because of impatience they do not return.

2. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Never be the enemy; even one has reasons for that, never hate and harm others, one will be glad, safe and satisfied. Each one of us lives, in society and society lives in each one of us. Be as perfume, as a blossom, and be a path of harmony, love, friendship, justice, integration, and tolerance. Just fight own criminal and negative thoughts, one will perceive and feel the world is not less than a paradise.

3. Ehsan Sehgal:

   God has given us the most beautiful living blue planet with superb resources, the alternative to paradise, but we are busy with the destruction of this planet, in every way, most of our technology is based destruction of humanity in the name of peace and security. In the future, the human will be ruled by Dronecrats in the method of Dronecracy in other words; Dronecraziness inspired by evil minds.

4. Marcel Proust:

   The only paradise is paradise lost.

5. William Makepeace Thackeray:

   When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

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