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Definition of Sublunary

Sublunary
Sublunar Sub*lu"nar, Sublunary Sub"lu*na*ry, a. [Pref. sub + lunar, or lunary: cf. F. sublunaire.] Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly. All things sublunary are subject to change. --Dryden. All sublunary comforts imitate the changeableness, as well as feel the influence, of the planet they are under. --South.
Sublunary
Sublunary Sub"lu*na*ry, n. Any worldly thing. [Obs.]

Meaning of Sublunary from wikipedia

- In Aristotelian physics and Gr**** astronomy, the sublunary sphere is the region of the geocentric cosmos below the Moon, consisting of the four classical...
-  495–570 CE) was critical of this view, arguing that if the Milky Way was sublunary (situated between Earth and the Moon) it should appear different at different...
- arranged concentrically around the center of the Universe to form the sublunary sphere. According to Aristotle, water is both cold and wet and occupies...
- to be perfectly concentric spheres in a superlunary region above the sublunary sphere. Aristotle had ****erted that these bodies (in the superlunary region)...
- appeared to be a continuous image due to the effect of refraction from sublunary material, citing his observation of the conjunction of Jupiter and Mars...
- distinction made between good and evil spirits. Under Iranian influence, the sublunary sphere was traced to inspiring angels.Philo of Alexandria already identified...
-  495–570 AD) criticized this view, arguing that if the Milky Way were sublunary, it should appear different at different times and places on Earth, and...
- Hopkins U, 1990 Maria Wutz, trans. Francis and Rose Storr and Ruth Martin, Sublunary Editions, 2021 Hesperus, trans. Charles Brooks, 1864 | At Project Gutenberg:...
- luniform, lunisolar, mezzaluna, mezzelune, plenilunary, semilunar, sublunar, sublunary, superlunary, translunar lut- yellow, golden Latin lūtum, lūteus corpus...
- cosmos into two regions, a spherical Earth, central and motionless (the sublunary sphere) and a spherical heavenly realm centered on the Earth, which may...