paradise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
    promised land; heaven; Eden; nirvana; Shangri-la.
  2. noun (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death

WordNet

Par"a*dise noun
Etymology
OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaeza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. ) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.
Definitions
  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.
Par"a*dise transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. R. Marston.

Webster 1913