firmament [fur-muh-muh nt]
noun
1. the vault of heaven; sky
Origin: 1250-1300; Middle English < Late Latin firmāmentum sky, Latin: support, prop, stay, equivalent to firmā (re) to strengthen, support (see firm2) + -mentum -ment
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