Meaning of TERRENE
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- [adj] belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself"
- [adj] of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
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| | Synonyms: | | earthly, mundane, tellurian, telluric, terrestrial |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ter*rene"\, n.
A tureen. [Obs.] --Walpole.
\Ter*rene"\, a. [L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See
{Terrace}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene
substance. --Holland.
2. Earthy; terrestrial.
God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a
nature celestial and terrene. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and
truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and
terrene honor. --O. Eng. Oath
of Allegiance,
quoted by
Blackstone.
Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the
basis of our terrene experience. --Hickok.
\Ter*rene"\, n. [L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F.
terrain.]
1. The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic]
Tenfold the length of this terrene. --Milton.
2. (Surv.) The surface of the ground.
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