ultramundane

[ uhl-truh-muhn-deyn, -muhn-deyn ]

adjective
  1. outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.

  2. outside the sphere of physical existence.

Origin of ultramundane

1
1540–50; <Latin ultrāmundānus, equivalent to Latin ultrāultra- + mundānusmundane

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How to use ultramundane in a sentence

  • One of these is the so-called ultramundane-corpuscle hypothesis of Le Sage; the other is based on the vortex theory of matter.

  • The hope of ultramundane felicity is, therefore, an illusion, and man is to seek such happiness as is possible only in this life.

British Dictionary definitions for ultramundane

ultramundane

/ (ˌʌltrəˈmʌndeɪn) /


adjective
  1. extending beyond the world, this life, or the universe

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