terrene
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Blue-eyed Mrs. Slocum, president of Boat Transit Co., is no terrene "Tugboat Annie," does not drive a truck herself.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Wherever men are, they must have a solid platform on which to stand; they must have a stable terrene whereon their food may grow, and this the Moon could supply.
From Are the Planets Inhabited? by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
Anselme answered, that this was to be referred to the iudgement of a Councell, whether it bee a breach of allegiance to a terrene Prince, if a man appeale to the Vicar of Christ.
From The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by John Hayward
There are terrene spirits of the lowest order, who in a certain terrene place are subject to the power of evil demons.
From Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix by Thomas Taylor
The specialised forms of terrene perception were not real novelties in the universe, but imperfect adaptations of protoplasm to the manifestation of the indwelling general perceptive power.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers