supermundane
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of supermundane
From the Medieval Latin word supermundānus, dating back to 1670–80. See super-, mundane
Example Sentences
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The primitive records of American witchcrafts show that portions of it, and especially that Salem witchcraft feats, were devised in supermundane brains, and enacted under their supervision.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
As they filled the chasm between the supermundane Deity and the world of the senses, they had to share the nature of both matter and mind.
From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann
Even the supermundane spirits, now no longer thirsting for the destruction of body and soul, are bound down to the work of carrying out the decrees of truth and justice.
From Elizabethan Demonology by Spalding, Thomas Alfred
It may be some spiritual part of him during that physical coma, drew from a supermundane source beatific drafts, for he awoke refreshed, his mind clear, even alert.
From A Man and His Money by Isham, Frederic Stewart
Black hilltops are as islands jutting out from a grey supermundane sea.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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