Usually means: Dome-like structure separating waters.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word firmament:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. firmament: Merriam-Webster
  2. firmament: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. firmament: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. firmament: Collins English Dictionary
  5. firmament: Vocabulary.com
  6. Firmament, firmament: Wordnik
  7. the firmament: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. firmament: Wiktionary
  9. firmament: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. firmament: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. firmament: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Firmament, firmament: Dictionary.com
  13. firmament: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Firmament (video game), Firmament: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Firmament: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. firmament: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. firmament: Rhymezone
  18. Firmament: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. firmament: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. firmament: FreeDictionary.org
  21. firmament: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. firmament: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. firmament: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. firmament: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Firmament: Easton Bible
  2. Firmament: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Firmament: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (firmament)

noun:  (usually uncountable, literary, poetic, also figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
noun:  (countable) The field or sphere of an activity or interest.
noun:  (uncountable, astronomy, historical) In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth celestial sphere which carried the fixed stars; (countable, by extension) any celestial sphere.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete except biblical) The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
noun:  (countable, obsolete) A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
noun:  (countable, obsolete, also figuratively) A basis or foundation; a support.
noun:  (countable, obsolete) The act or process of making firm or strengthening.

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