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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To earlier thinkers such an act of a supermundane and immutable God appeared as a single act.
From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann
We are continually overshadowed by this supermundane existence.
From Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul by Scofield, Anna Bishop
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
Wide awake, keen-sighted, good people may have seen in her the exercise of such powers as were clearly, distinctly, and beyond all question, extraordinary,—yes, supermundane.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
Such a people were not very likely to mistake the pranks of their own children for things supermundane in origin.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
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