a. [ad. mod.L. *suprāmundānus, f. suprā SUPRA- 1 a, 4 a + mundus world. Cf. F. supramondain, It. soprammondano.] = SUPERMUNDANE.
1662. Stanley, Hist. Chaldaick Philos. (1701), 8/2. The Supramundane Light, an Incorporeal Infinite luminous Space, in which the intellectual Beings reside.
1678. Cudworth, Intell. Syst., I. iv. § 14. 243. These Eternal Gods of Plato, called by his Followers θεοὶ ὑπερκόσμιοι, the Supramundane Gods.
1744. Harris, Three Treat., II. (1765), 363. Beings divine, supramundane, and … unchangeable.
1829. Carlyle, Misc. (1857), II. 52. The supramundane, divine nature of Virtue.
1872. Liddon, Elem. Relig., iii. 83. Revelation has familiarized Christians with the angels, as supramundane beings.
1884. Manch. Exam., 10 Oct., 5/3. Free trade is … suitable rather for an ideal and supramundane existence than for the present state of society.
