Associations to the word «Sublunary»

SUBLUNARY, adjective. Situated between the earth and the moon; sublunar or cislunar.

SUBLUNARY, adjective. Of this world (as opposed to heaven etc.); earthly, terrestrial.

SUBLUNARY, noun. (obsolete) Any worldly thing.

SUBLUNARY SPHERE, noun. (cosmology) In geocentric cosmologies, that region of the cosmos from the centre of the Earth to the moon, believed to be comprised of the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) and to be subject to generation and corruption.

SUBLUNARY, adjective. Situated between the earth and the moon.

SUBLUNARY, adjective. Of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball".