Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being in the earth; belonging to the earth, or occurring beneath the surface of the earth.
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- adjective
Earthly , relating to theearth .
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Examples
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This alfo refembles the Nile in the numhcr of its mouths, all iffuing into a fea, that may be compared to the Medi - terranean, which is bounded on the north and fouth bv the two conti - nenls of Europe and Africa, as the Mexican Bay is by North and Soutl America.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829. [from old catalog] 1795
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However, I must tell you that this: Everyone lives in sub-terranean caverns
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However, I must tell you that this:Everyone lives in sub-terranean caverns
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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Chestal Thicketsway was right behind the dwarf, fol - lowed by a whining, complaining, voiceless voice that seemed to object fiercely to being dragged through sub - terranean places.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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Chestal Thicketsway was right behind the dwarf, fol - lowed by a whining, complaining, voiceless voice that seemed to object fiercely to being dragged through sub - terranean places.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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Chestal Thicketsway was right behind the dwarf, fol - lowed by a whining, complaining, voiceless voice that seemed to object fiercely to being dragged through sub - terranean places.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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Trade and industrial production increased again, and the Medi - terranean, which in 972 “like the Baltic, was a hostile sea,” saw important developments which brought
CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968
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Of Isis and Osiris will show, a multiplicity of Medi - terranean religions had grown up, yielding an unre - strained exchange of figures between variant faiths, each one providing the materials for iconography within the framework of some other faith.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas ANGUS FLETCHER 1968
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It lies in the eastern end of the Medi terranean Sea, 60 Miles west of Syria, 40 miles south of Turkey and about 600 miles south east of Athens.
Cyprus1966! 1966
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Every - where — in the peninsula itself, in Africa, in the Medi - terranean and in America — Spain's enemy seemed to be the infidel and the championship of orthodoxy had become a major part of the national tradition.
CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968
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