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单词 supramundane
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supramundaneadj.

Brit. /ˌsuːprəmʌnˈdeɪn/, /ˌsjuːprəmʌnˈdeɪn/, U.S. /ˈˌsuprəˌmənˈdeɪn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin supramundanus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin supramundanus celestial (a1536) < classical Latin suprā- supra- prefix + mundānus mundane adj. Compare French supramondain (1619), Middle French, French surmondain (1599), Italian soprammondano (16th cent.). Compare also earlier supermundane adj. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry.In quot. 1678 after Byzantine Greek ὑπερκόσμιος. N.E.D. (1918) indicates the stress as supraˈmundane (compare note at mundane adj. and n.).
= supermundane adj.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective]
heavenisheOE
heavenlyOE
heavenlyOE
celestienc1330
celestialc1384
celestly1400
supernc1429
supernal1447
ethereala1522
celesticala1533
supermundal?1577
paradised1594
etherean1600
Uranian1600
superlunary1614
unearthlya1616
supermundane1623
superterrestrial1635
supralunary1635
pantheana1641
supramundane1662
ethereous1667
supermundial1678
superlunar1742
superterrene1755
unworldly1765
supraterrestrial1836
supralunar1851
other world1882
other-worldish1894
1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. 19 The supramundane light an incorporeal infinite luminous space in which the Intellectual Beings reside.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 243 These Eternal Gods of Plato, called by his Followers θεοὶ ὑπερκόσμιοι, the Supramundane Gods.
1765 J. Harris Three Treat. (ed. 2) Notes 363 Beings divine, supramundane, and..unchangeable.
1794 T. Maurice Indian Antiq. IV. ii. i. 268 The supramundane light, in which the heavenly bodies floated.
1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 471 The supramundane, divine nature of Virtue.
1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. iii. 83 Revelation has familiarized Christians with the angels, as supramundane beings.
1884 Manch. Examiner 10 Oct. 5/3 Free trade is..suitable rather for an ideal and supramundane existence than for the present state of society.
1945 N.Y. Times 26 Sept. 16/6 At first it was a giant column that soon took the shape of a supramundane mushroom.
2002 W. Self Dorian (2003) i. 11 But this supramundane rant remained unacknowledged.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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