sublunary
adjective
situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
sublunar
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a variation of
sublunary.
Example Sentences
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“I will cherish this lifetime-achievement award from you, though, like all sublunar blessings, it is a mixed one,” she said.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017
The space-singed A.P. waited 42 minutes, then filed a carefully sublunar story reporting that a ham operator near Columbus.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the text is cautious, the accompanying illustration is not: it shows only three sublunar spheres, of earth, air and fire.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
If he were just as convincing in his explanation of celestial phenomena on the mechanical principle as he is in his interpretation of sublunar events, eternity of the world would be a necessary consequence.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
As all sublunar nature shows a unity of purpose, this intellect must be one.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
