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sublunary

adjective
sub·​lu·​na·​ry | \ ËŒsÉ™b-ˈlü-nÉ™-rÄ“ How to pronounce sublunary (audio) , ˈsÉ™b-lu̇-ËŒner-Ä“\
variants: or less commonly sublunar \ ËŒsÉ™b-​ˈlü-​nÉ™r also  -​ËŒnär How to pronounce sublunar (audio) \

Definition of sublunary

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the terrestrial world dull sublunary lovers— John Donne
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Examples of sublunary in a Sentence

like all sublunary things, this misery will one day end

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 But change is the only constant in our sublunary world, as writers down the centuries have noted; Powell, too, knew this well. — Neel Mukherjee, New York Times, "A Veritable No Man’s Land, Off the Coast of Scotland," 7 May 2018

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First Known Use of sublunary

1592, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for sublunary

modification of Late Latin sublunaris, from Latin sub- + luna moon — more at lunar

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