sublunary

[ suhb-loo-ner-ee, suhb-loo-nuh-ree ]

/ ˈsʌb lʊˌnɛr i, sʌbˈlu nə ri /

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adjective

situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.

characteristic of or pertaining to the earth; terrestrial.

mundane or worldly: fleeting, sublunary pleasure.

Nearby words

Also sub·lu·nar

[suhb-loo-ner] /sʌbˈlu nər/.

Origin of sublunary

1585–95; < Late Latin sublūn(āris) (see sub-, lunar) + -ary

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Examples from the Web for sublunary

This would serve to impress the reader with the woeful vicissitudes of sublunary things.
Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 of 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne
Providence has a hand in this, as in all other sublunary dispensations.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327|Various
What striking lessons have we had of the precarious tenure of all sublunary possessions!
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.|William Wilberforce
The Princess thought that, of all sublunary things, knowledge was the best.
Rasselas|Samuel Johnson

But the Baron was exalted by wine, wrath, and scorn above all sublunary considerations.
Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete|Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for sublunary

sublunary

/ (sʌbˈluːnərɪ) /

adjective

situated between the moon and the earth

of or relating to the earth or world

Word Origin for sublunary

C16: via Late Latin, from Latin sub- + lūna moon

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Word Origin and History for sublunary