subcelestial

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ celestial.

Adjective

subcelestial (not comparable)

  1. Beneath the heavens, i.e. on Earth.
    subcelestial glories
    subcelestial realm
    subcelestial vault
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The II. [Supposition] that Saint Peter’s Primacy with its Rights and Prerogatives was Not Personal but Derivable to his Successours]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. [], London: [] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, [], published 1680, →OCLC, page 114:
      [H]e [an apostle] vvas (as S. Cyril calleth him) an Oecumenical Judge, and an Inſtructor of all the Subceleſtiall VVorld.

References