Sublunary
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of this earth
"Transcendental motives for sublunary actions"
"Fleeting sublunary pleasures"
"The nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
(2) Situated between the earth and the moon
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- situated between the earth and the moon; sublunar or cislunar
- down-to-earth; of this world; earthly or terrestrial
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- ...and the conversation which employed the hours between Friday and me was such as made the three years which we lived there together perfectly and completely happy, if any such thing as complete happiness can be formed in a sublunary state.
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe