| Word | sublunary |
|---|---|
| Definition | adj. (lit.) Belonging to this world as contrasted with a better or more spiritual one. |
| Sentence | When things fall out opportunely for the person concerned, he is not apt to be critical about the how or why, his own immediate personal convenience seeming a sufficient reason for the strangest oddities and revolutions in our sublunary things. |
| Source | “The Sire de Maletroit's Door,” Stories to Remember, p.207 |
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