3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sublunary \Sub"lu*na*ry\, n. Any worldly thing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sublunar \Sub*lu"nar\, Sublunary \Sub"lu*na*ry\, a. [Pref. sub + lunar, or lunary: cf. F. sublunaire.] Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly. [1913 Webster] All things sublunary are subject to change. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] All sublunary comforts imitate the changeableness, as well as feel the influence, of the planet they are under. --South. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sublunary adj 1: situated between the earth and the moon [syn: {sublunar}, {cislunar}] 2: of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball" [syn: {sublunar}, {terrestrial}]
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