lower world
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. the regions of the dead, conceived of as lying beneath the surface of the earth; Hades; the underworld.
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the earth, as distinguished from the heavenly bodies or from heaven.
noun
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the earth as opposed to heaven or the spiritual world
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another name for hell
Etymology
Origin of lower world
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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The dark, eerie lower world is dominated by two giant rattlesnakes whose writhings cause the ground in the middle world — our world — to shake.
From Los Angeles Times
Rising international quotations for sunflower seed oil were more than offset by lower world prices of palm, soy and rapeseed oils.
From Reuters
They did meet a lower World Health Organisation FFP2 standard.
From BBC
The government will have to cut firebreaks in forests newly vulnerable to wildfires, reinforce dams against river flooding, rebuild housing collapsing into melting permafrost, and brace for possible lower world demand for oil and natural gas.
From New York Times
MacLeish proposed some song titles — among them, “Red Hands,” “Lower World,” “New Morning,” and “Father of Night,” and Dylan, who’d wearied of the limelight and was trying on new personas, started writing on spec.
From New York Times
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