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noun the world after death; the future world.
Origin of other world Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200
Words nearby other world other things being equal, otherwhere, otherwhile, otherwise, other woman, other world , otherworldly, Othin, Othman, Othman I, Othniel
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Example sentences from the Web for other world And with all this change, so curiously parallel to that of the Other-world, goes too the same inevitable change in ideals.
David's Book Club: The Souls of Black Folk | David Frum| May 5, 2013| DAILY BEAST
I wonder how an other-world entity, ignorant of humans, would explain a shaving-kit or a lipstick.
Stamped Caution | Raymond Zinke Gallun
This was an other-world desert, one spawned in the fires of hell—a never-never land of scalding heat and unbelievable cold.
First on the Moon | Jeff Sutton
The other-world of the Celts does not seem, however, to have been always pictured as beneath the earth.
Celtic Religion | Edward Anwyl
It becomes a riddle to explain why, if this is the case, we in this world catch no glimpse of the Other-World.
The Plattner Story and Others | H. G. Wells
He is absent from the world for nine days and has extraordinary experiences in the Other-World.
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction | Dorothy Scarborough
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British Dictionary definitions for other world noun the spirit world or afterlife
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Words related to other world infinity, afterlife, age, immortality, future, perpetuity, everlastingness, endlessness, infiniteness, infinitude, ages, timelessness, imperishability, aeon, blue moon, eternality, eternalness, kingdom come, forever and a day, world without end