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transmundane

American  
[trans-muhn-deyn, tranz-, trans-muhn-deyn, tranz-] / ˌtræns mʌnˈdeɪn, ˌtrænz-, trænsˈmʌn deɪn, trænz- /

adjective

  1. reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.

    She believed in otherworldly contacts and transmundane spirits.
transmundane British  
/ trænzˈmʌndeɪn /

adjective

  1. beyond this world or worldly considerations

"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

Etymology

Origin of transmundane

First recorded in 1770–80; trans- + mundane

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At these places at least, I say, it would seem as though transmundane energies, God, if you will, produced immediate effects within the natural world to which the rest of our experience belongs.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

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