Word Meanings - MUNDANE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere. -- Mun"dane*ly, adv. The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor. (more info) toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. mansds
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MUNDANE)
- Temporal
- Secular
- worldly
- civil
- political
- transient
- fleeting
- laical
- terrestrial
- sublunary
- mundane
- Terrestrial
- Earthly
- terrene
- Worldly
- temporal
- secular
- earthly
- carnal
Related words: (words related to MUNDANE)
- FLEET
1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London. Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets. Matthewes. 2. A former prison in London, - CARNALIST
A sensualist. Burton. - TEMPORALNESS
Worldliness. Cotgrave. - EARTHLY-MINDED
Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n. - WORLDLY
1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. "I thus neglecting worldly ends." Shak. Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but that one only hand which erected it. Hooker. 2. Pertaining - CARNAL-MINDEDNESS
Grossness of mind. - MUNDANE
Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere. -- Mun"dane*ly, adv. The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor. (more info) toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. mansds - LAICALITY
The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman. - WORLDLY-MINDED
Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n. - SECULAR
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. Burke. - TEMPORAL
Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural. Dryden. He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals. Lowell. - TERRENE
A tureen. Walpole. - TEMPORALTY
1. The laity; secular people. Abp. Abbot. 2. A secular possession; a temporality. - FLEET-FOOT
Swift of foot. Shak. - FLEETINGLY
In a fleeting manner; swiftly. - POLITICALLY
1. In a political manner. 2. Politicly; artfully. Knolles. - FLEETING
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments. Syn. -- Evanescent; ephemeral. See Transient. - CARNALLITE
A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt. - CARNAL-MINDED
Worldly-minded. - LAICALLY
As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically. - SUBLUNAR; SUBLUNARY
Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly. All things sublunary are subject to change. Dryden. All sublunary comforts imitate the changeableness, as well as feel the influence, of the planet they are - UNEARTHLY
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n. - INCIVIL
Uncivil; rude. Shak. - METROPOLITICAL
Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall. - ULTRAMUNDANE
Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. Boyle. - UNCIVILIZATION
The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism. - UNSECULARIZE
To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world. - IMPOLITICAL
Impolitic. -- Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv. Bacon. - DECIVILIZE
To reduce from civilization to a savage state. Blackwood's Mag. - UNCIVILTY
In an uncivil manner.