subluminaryadj.
/ˌsʌbˈl(j)uːmᵻn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈlumənɛri/ 1. Sublunary; earthly; mundane.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > material or not spiritual
fleshlyc1175
bodilya1340
temporalc1380
worldyc1380
claylya1400
elementaryc1440
mondiala1500
gross1509
fleshly-wise1542
elemental1574
outward1574
natural1581
terrestrene1599
elementated1605
sublunary1609
temporarya1616
subluminary1625
sublunar1625
outwardlya1642
material1843
intramundane1845
unethereal1861
naturistic1886
1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe 94 Essential qualities more resembling celestiall than subluminary substances.
1703 T. Tryon Knowl. of Man’s Self 387 Building the Governments of this Subluminary World on Uniform and Equal Foundations.
1825 Bristol Mercury 20 June Does not the lover, who gains his suit with a rich heiress, owe all his subluminary bliss to the exquisite workmanship of his tailor.
1877 Fishing Gaz. 16 Nov. 6/2 Cooking, and all such subluminary matters are quite beneath the notice of modern housewives.
1901 Cent. Mag. Nov. 38/2 We got to take things as they come in this subluminary existence.
1989 J. Gallas Pract. Anarchy 19 Out of subluminary ashtrays, dregs, mummery and tripe.
2003 R. Shields Virtual i. 8 Baroque architecture and decoration rendered a dramatic space of swirling movement beyond the cares of the subluminary world into paint, plaster and marble.
2. Physics. = subluminal adj. rare.
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1985 Philos. Sci. 52 559 Rule out any subluminary communication of the settings from one wing to the other prior to the arrival of the particles in the wings.
2007 D. Toomey New Time Travelers ix. 242 The spacecraft would be constrained to subluminary speeds relative to the spacetime within the bubble.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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