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noun

Terrene n. A tureen. (Obs.)

Terrene n.

The earth's surface; the earth. (Poetic) "Tenfold the length of this terrene."

(Surv.) The surface of the ground.

adjective

Terrene adj.

Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.

Earthy; terrestrial. "God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene." "Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and terrene honor." "Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our terrene experience."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Terrene" Quotes from Famous Books

... crouch, ye kings of greatest Asia, And tremble, when ye hear this scourge will come That whips down cities and controlleth crowns, Adding their wealth and treasure to my store. The Euxine sea, north to Natolia; The Terrene, west; the Caspian, north north-east; And on the south, Sinus Arabicus; Shall all be loaden with the martial spoils We will convey with us to Persia. Then shall my native city, Samarcanda, And crystal waves of fresh Jaertis' stream, The pride and beauty of her princely seat, ...

— The Growth of English Drama • Arnold Wynne

... Dead Term" such a reader will find himself more or less relieved by the return of his author to a more terrene and realistic sort of allegory. This recriminatory dialogue between the London and the Westminster of 1608 is now and then rather flatulent in its reciprocity of rhetoric, but is enlivened by an occasional breath of genuine eloquence, and redeemed by touches of historic or social interest. ...

— The Age of Shakespeare • Algernon Charles Swinburne

... Allah, how canst thou worship a god that speaketh not nor availeth unto aught and not worship my God, who to prayers deigns assent and who is ever present and never absent, neither unheeding nor sleeping, whom conjecture may not ween, who seeth and is not seen and who over all things terrene is omnipotent? Thy god is powerless and cannot guard itself from harm; and indeed a stoned Satan had clothed himself therewith as with a coat that he might debauch thee and delude thee. But now hath ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 9 • Richard F. Burton

... clay, this little ball of earth exacts a certain loyalty of us; while, in our capacity as spirits, we are admitted citizens of an invisible and holier fatherland. There is a patriotism of the soul whose claim absolves us from our other and terrene fealty. Our true country is that ideal realm which we represent to ourselves under the names of religion, duty, and the like. Our terrestrial organizations are but far-off approaches to so fair a model, and all they are verily traitors who resist not any attempt to divert ...

— The Biglow Papers • James Russell Lowell

... come for strength Which well it can supply, For Love draws might from terrene force And potencies ...

— Poems - Household Edition • Ralph Waldo Emerson

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