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Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere. -- Mun"dane*ly, adv. The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor.

Being or occurring before the creation of the world. Young.

Beyond the material world. "An extramundane being." Bp. Warburton.

Lying or situated beneath the world.

Being, between worlds or orbs. [R.] "Intermundane spaces." Locke.

Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane.

Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane. Cudworth.

Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial.

Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. Boyle.

To make like a creature; to degrade [Obs.] Degrade and creaturize that mundane soul. Cudworth.

Intermundane. [Obs.]

An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment. As far from help as Limbo is from bliss. Shak. A Limbo large and broad, since called The Paradise of fools. Milton.

Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane. [R.]

Supermundane. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane. Vain labors of terrestrial wit. Spenser. A genius bright and base, Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims. Young.

when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc…