Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n.
A tureen. [Obs.] --Walpole.
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Terrene \Ter*rene"\, a. [L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See
Terrace.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene
substance. --Holland.
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2. Earthy; terrestrial.
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God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a
nature celestial and terrene. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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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.
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Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the
basis of our terrene experience. --Hickok.
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Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n. [L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F.
terrain.]
1. The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic]
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Tenfold the length of this terrene. --Milton.
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2. (Surv.) The surface of the ground.
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terrene
adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the
sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial]
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]
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