sublunar
Beneath the moon
Sublunar means beneath the moon—that is, belonging to the earthly realm rather than the heavens.
In ancient and medieval cosmology, the sublunar sphere was the region of change, decay, and imperfection, contrasting with the eternal, unchanging celestial bodies above.
The word now appears mainly in literary or philosophical contexts to suggest earthly, mundane concerns: sublunar affairs, our sublunar existence.
Of this world
- earthboundConfined to terra firma
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- terrainLand's physical features
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
biosphere · geophysical · geography · topography · landforms · continent · soil · element
Temporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- impermanentNot meant to last
- mutableAble to be changed
- changeableCapable of alteration
corruptible · decaying · perishable · mortal · temporary · passing · brief · transitory
Standard, unremarkable
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
- everydayOccurring each day
- prosaicLacking imagination or excitement
- quotidianOccurring every day
routine · pedestrian · unremarkable · workaday · banal · humdrum · secular · profane
Natural planetary satellite
- orbitCurved celestial path
- geocentricTreating our planet as center
- spherePerfectly round solid
- PtolemaicEarth-centered astronomical system
firmament · heavens · cosmos · planetary · satellite · eclipse · crescent · phases
Greek founder of formal logic
- PtolemyGreco-Egyptian astronomer, geographer
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- scholasticRelating to formal learning
medieval · geocentric · spheres · elements · ether · corruption · generation · decay
earthly
Of this world
- earthboundConfined to terra firma
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- terrainLand's physical features
atmosphere · biosphere · geophysical · geography · topography · landforms · continent · soil · element · matter
transient
Temporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- impermanentNot meant to last
- mutableAble to be changed
changeable · corruptible · decaying · perishable · mortal · temporary · passing · brief · transitory · fading
ordinary
Standard, unremarkable
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
- everydayOccurring each day
- prosaicLacking imagination or excitement
quotidian · routine · pedestrian · unremarkable · workaday · banal · humdrum · secular · profane · temporal
moon
Natural planetary satellite
- orbitCurved celestial path
- geocentricTreating our planet as center
- spherePerfectly round solid
Ptolemaic · firmament · heavens · cosmos · planetary · satellite · eclipse · crescent · phases · astronomy
Aristotle
Greek founder of formal logic
- PtolemyGreco-Egyptian astronomer, geographer
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
scholastic · medieval · geocentric · spheres · elements · ether · corruption · generation · decay · mutability