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

We must now leave the marine department for awhile, in order to attend to exclusively terrene concerns.

From An Old Sailor's Yarns by Ames, N. (Nathaniel)

Questa scolpita in oro, amica fede, Che santo amor nel tuo bel dito pose, O prima a me delle terrene cose!

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

But the visitor could not convey celestial realities to terrene minds.

From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)

Apollion: I have, Lord Belzebub, The low terrene observed with keenest eye.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den