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HEAVENLY CITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Heavenly City mean? 

HEAVENLY CITY (noun)
  The noun HEAVENLY CITY has 1 sense:

1. phrases used to refer to Heavenplay

  Familiarity information: HEAVENLY CITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEAVENLY CITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Phrases used to refer to Heaven

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Celestial City; City of God; Heavenly City; Holy City

Context example:

the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress'

Hypernyms ("Heavenly City" is a kind of...):

Heaven (the abode of God and the angels)


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