supermundane
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of supermundane
From the Medieval Latin word supermundānus, dating back to 1670–80. See super-, mundane
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You become a citizen of the selecter world, the highest we know of in connection with our old world, which is not supermundane.
From Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
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 Kaufmann Kohler
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 Thomas Alfred Spalding
The faith of all ages and nations had held that occurrences which seemed to result from supermundane force were produced by disembodied intelligences.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
There was no spectral testimony in this case; outer senses of many persons had learned her supermundane powers.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
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