sublunary
adjective
sub·lu·na·ry
ˌsəb-ˈlü-nə-rē 
ˈsəb-lu̇-ˌner-ē
variants
or less commonly sublunar
ˌsəb-ˈlü-nər
also -ˌnär
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the terrestrial world
dull sublunary lovers—
John Donne
John DonneSynonyms
Examples of sublunary in a Sentence
like all sublunary things, this misery will one day end
Recent Examples on the Web
Our attention plunges in while the body remains firmly rooted in the sublunary world.
—Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
Planets and stars, eclipses and conjunctions would seem to have no direct effect on our lives, unlike the mundane and sublunary antics of our fellow humans.
—Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
In the profoundest sense, the words and deeds of a martyr say to her society that there is a higher world, a world that works according to a logic superior to that of this sublunary sphere.
—Dwight Lindley Iii, National Review, 16 May 2021
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, 7 May 2018
Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
Planets and stars, eclipses and conjunctions would seem to have no direct effect on our lives, unlike the mundane and sublunary antics of our fellow humans.
—Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
In the profoundest sense, the words and deeds of a martyr say to her society that there is a higher world, a world that works according to a logic superior to that of this sublunary sphere.
—Dwight Lindley Iii, National Review, 16 May 2021
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, 7 May 2018
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“Sublunary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sublunary. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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