mortal mind

American

noun

Christian Science.

the illusion that mind and life arise from matter and are subject to death.

Etymology

Origin of mortal mind

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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But no man of mortal mind can know of everything that Washington is ready and willing to do for him.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Oh, you know—when you have millennia of memories in this mortal mind, it’s hard to remember terminologies all the time.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

For, if the mortal man is a mind at all, he assuredly is a mortal mind.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

How can mortal mind estimate this enormous promise?

From Kept for the Master's Use by Havergal, Frances Ridley

There was "no evil, except as a figment of mortal mind."

From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth

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