sublunary

[ suhb-loo-ner-ee, suhb-loo-nuh-ree ]

/ ˈsʌb lʊˌnɛr i, sʌbˈlu nə ri /

situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.

characteristic of or pertaining to the earth; terrestrial.

mundane or worldly: fleeting, sublunary pleasure.

Also sub·lu·nar

[suhb-loo-ner] /sʌbˈlu nər/.

Origin of sublunary

1585–95; < Late Latin sublūn(āris) (see sub-, lunar) + -ary

This would serve to impress the reader with the woeful vicissitudes of sublunary things.

Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 of 2 |Nathaniel Hawthorne
Providence has a hand in this, as in all other sublunary dispensations.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 |Various
What striking lessons have we had of the precarious tenure of all sublunary possessions!

A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. |William Wilberforce
The Princess thought that, of all sublunary things, knowledge was the best.

Rasselas |Samuel Johnson

But the Baron was exalted by wine, wrath, and scorn above all sublunary considerations.

Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete |Sir Walter Scott

sublunary

/ (sʌbˈluːnərɪ) /

situated between the moon and the earth

of or relating to the earth or world

C16: via Late Latin, from Latin sub- + lūna moon