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lower world

[loh-er]

lower world

[loh-er]
noun
1.
Classical Mythology. the regions of the dead, conceived of as lying beneath the surface of the earth; Hades; the underworld.
2.
the earth, as distinguished from the heavenly bodies or from heaven.

Origin:
1585–95
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Lower world is always a great word to know.
So is Andromeda. Does it mean:
a Titan, the father of the river gods and Oceanids; a great stream of water encircling the earth and believed to be the source of all rivers and lakes
an Ethiopian princess, the daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus, by whom she had been rescued from a sea monster
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lower world
 
n
1.  the earth as opposed to heaven or the spiritual world
2.  another name for hell

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