lower world

[ loh-er ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. the regions of the dead, conceived of as lying beneath the surface of the earth; Hades; the underworld.
2. the earth, as distinguished from the heavenly bodies or from heaven.

lower world

noun

1. the earth as opposed to heaven or the spiritual world
2. another name for hell

Word History and Origins

Origin of lower world¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Rising international quotations for sunflower seed oil were more than offset by lower world prices of palm, soy and rapeseed oils.

From Reuters

They did meet a lower World Health Organisation FFP2 standard.

From BBC

The government will have to cut firebreaks in forests newly vulnerable to wildfires, reinforce dams against river flooding, rebuild housing collapsing into melting permafrost, and brace for possible lower world demand for oil and natural gas.

From New York Times

MacLeish proposed some song titles — among them, “Red Hands,” “Lower World,” “New Morning,” and “Father of Night,” and Dylan, who’d wearied of the limelight and was trying on new personas, started writing on spec.

From New York Times

She is “the goddess with three forms,” Selene in the sky, Artemis on earth, Hecate in the lower world and in the world above when it is wrapped in darkness.

From Literature

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