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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TERRE'NE, a. [L. terrenus, form terra.
1. Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as terrene substance.
2. Earthly; terrestrial.
God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene]
2: 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" [syn: mundane, terrene]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French terreine, terrin, Latin terrenus of earth, from terra earth Date: 14th century mundane, earthly II. noun Date: 1667 earth, terrain

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of the earth; earthy, worldly. 2 of earth, earthy. 3 of dry land; terrestrial. Etymology: ME f. AF f. L terrenus f. terra earth

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Terrene Ter*rene", n. A tureen. [Obs.] --Walpole.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Terrene Ter*rene", 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Earthy, of earth. 2. Earthly, terrestrial, worldly.