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What is a firmament?

What is a firmament? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) The vault of the heavens; the sky.
  2. (obsolete) basis.
  3. The field or sphere of an interest or activity.
  4. (archaic) In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth sphere, which carried the fixed stars.
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His head was tilted back, his hands splayed out as if to catch drops from a leaking firmament.
We await with interest word of their further plans for this rising star of an upcoming mid-tier production company in the gold mining firmament.
With Bush's eyes fixed somewhere above and beyond the firmament, there is every opportunity to belt him severely in the fundament.
Of course the 35-year-old is way too grounded to ever imagine herself enthroned in the Hollywood firmament.
These are sung by the soprano Anne Schwanewilms, a new name yes, but definitely a rising and shining voice in the singing firmament.
It is proving a big leap, this transition from man-child to leading light in the athletics firmament.

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