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Word Meanings - TERRESTRIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. "Bodies terrestrial." 1 Cor. xv. 40. 2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. "The dark terrestrial ball." Addison. 3. Of or

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1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. "Bodies terrestrial." 1 Cor. xv. 40. 2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. "The dark terrestrial ball." Addison. 3. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane. Vain labors of terrestrial wit. Spenser. A genius bright and base, Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims. Young. 4. Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents. The terrestrial parts of the globe. Woodward. 5. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope. -- Ter*res"tri*al*ly, adv. -- Ter*res"tri*al*ness, n.

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  • FLEET
    1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London. Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets. Matthewes. 2. A former prison in London,
  • CARNALIST
    A sensualist. Burton.
  • TEMPORALNESS
    Worldliness. Cotgrave.
  • WORLDLY
    1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. "I thus neglecting worldly ends." Shak. Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but that one only hand which erected it. Hooker. 2. Pertaining
  • EARTHLY-MINDED
    Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • CARNAL-MINDEDNESS
    Grossness of mind.
  • MUNDANE
    Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere. -- Mun"dane*ly, adv. The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor. (more info) toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. mansds
  • LAICALITY
    The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.
  • WORLDLY-MINDED
    Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
  • SECULAR
    A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. Burke.
  • TEMPORAL
    Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural. Dryden. He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals. Lowell.
  • TEMPORALTY
    1. The laity; secular people. Abp. Abbot. 2. A secular possession; a temporality.
  • FLEET-FOOT
    Swift of foot. Shak.
  • FLEETINGLY
    In a fleeting manner; swiftly.
  • POLITICALLY
    1. In a political manner. 2. Politicly; artfully. Knolles.
  • FLEETING
    Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments. Syn. -- Evanescent; ephemeral. See Transient.
  • CARNALLITE
    A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.
  • CARNAL-MINDED
    Worldly-minded.
  • LAICALLY
    As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically.
  • SECULARIZATION
    The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property.
  • SUBLUNAR; SUBLUNARY
    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
  • UNEARTHLY
    Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
  • INCIVIL
    Uncivil; rude. Shak.
  • METROPOLITICAL
    Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall.
  • ULTRAMUNDANE
    Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. Boyle.
  • UNCIVILIZATION
    The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism.
  • UNSECULARIZE
    To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.
  • IMPOLITICAL
    Impolitic. -- Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv. Bacon.
  • DECIVILIZE
    To reduce from civilization to a savage state. Blackwood's Mag.
  • UNCIVILTY
    In an uncivil manner.

 

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