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English Dictionary: terrene	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for terrene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
terrene adj of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air Synonym(s): tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene 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" Synonym(s): mundane, terrene
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n. A tureen. [Obs.] --Walpole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terrene \Terrene"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terrene \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.