sublunary
sub·lun·a·ry
sublunary · sublunaries
A person or thing which is of the worldA person or thing which is of the (material) world.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
UK/sʌbˈluːnəɹi/US/sʌbˈlunəɹi/
Meaning
2 senses(in the plural, literary)A person or thing which is of the (material) world.
(in the plural, literary)A less important person; an inferior, a subordinate.
Forms
plural: sublunaries| Singular | sublunary |
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regular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.