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sublunary

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sub⋅lu⋅nar⋅y

  [suhb-loo-ner-ee, suhb-loo-nuh-ree]
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–adjective
1. situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
2. characteristic of or pertaining to the earth; terrestrial.
3. mundane or worldly: fleeting, sublunary pleasure.
Also, sub⋅lu⋅nar  [suhb-loo-ner] .

Origin:
1585–95; < LL sublūn(āris) (see sub-, lunar ) + -ary
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sub·lu·na·ry   (sŭb-lōō'nə-rē, sŭb'lōō-něr'ē)   
adj.  

  1. Situated beneath the moon.

  2. Of this world; earthly.


[Late Latin sublūnāris : Latin sub-, sub- + Latin lūna, moon; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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