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mundane definition

mun·dane (mundān′, mun dān)

adjective

  1. of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
  2. commonplace, everyday, ordinary, etc.

Etymology: LME mondeyne < OFr mondain < LL mundanus < L mundus, world (in LL(Ec), the secular world, as opposed to the church)

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