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sublunary

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

adjective

  1. situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
  2. characteristic of or pertaining to the earth; terrestrial.
  3. mundane or worldly:

    fleeting, sublunary pleasure.



sublunary

/ sʌbˈluːnərɪ /

adjective

  1. situated between the moon and the earth
  2. of or relating to the earth or world
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sublunary1

1585–95; < Late Latin sublūn ( āris ) ( sub-, lunar ) + -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sublunary1

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

“Among other things, many ignored the reality that millions of African Americans were quite pleased with the decidedly sublunary consolations of equal protection under the law.”

The sublunary world, the world this side of the moon, is the world of generation and corruption—the rest of the universe has existed unchanging from all eternity.

He is scrupulously genial and polite, and happy to talk about theories of spacetime, but extremely reluctant to say anything on the record about the book’s more sublunary themes and ideas.

But change is the only constant in our sublunary world, as writers down the centuries have noted; Powell, too, knew this well.

For Plato, the sublunary world was a distorted projection of the world of essences.

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