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† subterraˈneity Obs. rare. [f. next + -ity.] The condition of being subterraneous; concr., a place or thing found under ground.
1686Sir T. Browne's Pseud. Ep. ii. i. 42, I fear we commonly consider subterraneities [earlier edd. subterranities], not in Contemplations sufficiently respective unto the Creation. 1721Bailey, Subterraneity, a being subterraneous. 1807tr. Three Germans I. 69 The flight of steps by which they had been conducted to the subterraneity. |