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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
terrene
    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]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n.
   A tureen. [Obs.] --Walpole.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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