Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heavenriche

/ˈhɛvənrɪt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heav-en-riche
IPA: /ˈhɛvənrɪt͡ʃ/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The kingdom of heaven; heaven.

Literary; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The poet Samuel Coleridge used heavenriche to describe the sky, the place where nimbification or cloud-forming occurs."
"This word is contained in the first line of Cæd- mon's Hymn, and in its ancient spelling appears as hefaenricaes. What is the meaning of hefaenricaes? In modern English it would appear as heavenric's, the possessive of heavenric, a word which would be akin in formation to bishopric."
"For, at the end, it taketh away the joy of heaven-ric."
"heavenric. The kingdom of heaven; heaven as the abode of the blessed. Anglo-Saxon heofona rice, kingdom of the heavens. (German Reich, kingdom.) Also heavenrich, heovenryke. Used into the 15th century. In THE LAND OF COCKAYNE (13th century) heavenriche is used for the sky."

Etymology

Probably a calque of Middle English heveneriche or Old English heofonrīce, equivalent to heaven + ric (“kingdom, realm, rule”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

heaven-ric (alternative) heavenric (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce heavenriche?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛvənrɪt͡ʃ/.
What does heavenriche mean?: The kingdom of heaven; heaven.
Where does heavenriche come from?: Probably a calque of Middle English heveneriche or Old English heofonrīce, equivalent to heaven + ric (“kingdom, realm, rule”).

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