FIRMAMENT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Fixed foundation; established basis. [Obs.] Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. Jer. Taylor.

2.
n.

The region of the air; the sky or heavens. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the miGen. i. 6. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament. Gen. i. 14.

3.
n.

The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.


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