Sublunary
[sʌb'lu:nәri]
Definition
(a.) Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly.
(n.) Any worldly thing.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Earthly, mundane, terrestrial, of this world.
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Examples
- This marked a preconcerted moment--for the remote celestial phenomenon had been pressed into sublunary service as a lover's signal. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Patiently to earn a spare bare living, and quietly to die, untouched by workhouse hands--this was her highest sublunary hope. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I enlarged upon many other topics, which the natural desire of endless life, and sublunary happiness, could easily furnish me with. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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