lower world

[ loh-er ]

/ ˈloʊ ər /

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noun

Classical Mythology. the regions of the dead, conceived of as lying beneath the surface of the earth; Hades; the underworld.

the earth, as distinguished from the heavenly bodies or from heaven.

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Origin of lower world

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby lower world

Lower Saxony, lower school, Lower Slobbovia, lower the boom on, lower uterine segment, lower world, lowery, Lowes, Lowe's syndrome, lowest common denominator, lowest common multiple

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How to use lower world in a sentence

The world that Black Dynamite lives in is not the most PC place to be in.
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Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Allegations of transphobia are not new in the world of gay online dating.
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People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.
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Editorial and political cartoon pages from throughout the world almost unanimously came to the same conclusion.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
There seems something in that also which I could spare only very reluctantly from a new Bible in the world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
That it is a reasonable and proper thing to ask our statesmen and politicians: what is going to happen to the world?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

British Dictionary definitions for lower world

lower world

noun

the earth as opposed to heaven or the spiritual world

another name for hell

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lower world

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