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sub·lu·nar
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Princeton's WordNet
sublunar, sublunary, cislunaradjective
situated between the earth and the moon
sublunar, sublunary, terrestrialadjective
of this earth
"transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
Wiktionary
sublunaradjective
situated beneath the Moon
sublunaradjective
of this world; earthly
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sublunar, Sublunaryadjective
Situated beneath the moon; earthly; terrestrial; of this world.
Etymology: sublunaire, Fr. sub and luna, Latin.
Dull sublunary lovers, love,
Whose soul is sense, cannot admit
Of absence, ’cause it doth remove
The thing which elemented it. John Donne.Night measur’d, with her shadowy cone,
Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault. John Milton.Through seas of knowledge we our course advance,
Discov’ring still new worlds of ignorance;
And these discov’ries make us all confess
That sublunary science is but guess. John Denham.The celestial bodies above the moon being not subject to chance, remained in perpetual order, while all things sublunary are subject to change. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
Ovid had warn’d her to beware
Of strolling gods, whose usual trade is,
Under pretence of taking air,
To pick up sublunary ladies. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
sublunar
In Aristotelian physics and Greek astronomy, the sublunary sphere is the region of the geocentric cosmos below the Moon, consisting of the four classical elements: earth, water, air, and fire.The sublunary sphere was the realm of changing nature. Beginning with the Moon, up to the limits of the universe, everything (to classical astronomy) was permanent, regular and unchanging—the region of aether where the planets and stars are located. Only in the sublunary sphere did the powers of physics hold sway.
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sublunar
Sublunar refers to anything that is situated or existing beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon. It is often used in the context of older sciences and philosophies, such as astrology and alchemy, to describe the mortal, changeable, and perishable world as compared to the 'heavens' which were considered eternal.
Webster Dictionary
Sublunaradjective
alt. of Sublunary
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sublunar
sub-lū′nar, adj. under the moon: earthly: belonging to this world—also Sub′lunary.—adj. Sublū′nate, approaching the form of a crescent.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sublunar in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sublunar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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