Brewer's: Starry Sphere

The eighth heaven of the Peripatetic system; also called the “Firmament.”

The Crystal Heaven is this, whose rigour guides And binds the starry sphere.

Camoens: Lusiad, bk. x.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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