ultra-mundane

adjective

outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.

outside the sphere of physical existence.

Origin:
1540–50; < Latin ultrāmundānus, equivalent to Latin ultrā ultra- + mundānus mundane

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ultramundane (ˌʌltrəˈmʌndeɪn)

—*adj*
	extending beyond the world, this life, or the universe

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