Syn. -- Grandeur; magnificence. -- Sublimity, Grandeur. The mental
state indicated by these two words is the same, namely, a mingled
emotion of astonishment and awe. In speaking of the quality which
produces this emotion, we call it grandeur when it springs from what is
vast in space, power, etc.; we call it sublimity when it springs from
what is elevated far above the ordinary incidents of humanity. An
immense plain is grand. The heavens are not only grand, but sublime (as
the predominating emotion), from their immense height. Exalted
intellect, and especially exalted virtue under severe trials, give us
the sense of moral sublimity, as in the case of our Savior in his
prayer for his murderers. We do not speak of Satan, when standing by
the fiery gulf, with his "unconquerable will and study of revenge," as
a sublime object; but there is a melancholy grandeur thrown around him,
as of an "archangel ruined."
Sub*lin`e*a"tion (?), n. A mark of a line or lines under a word in a
sentence, or under another line; underlining.
||Sub*lin"gua (?), n.; pl. Sublinguæ (#). [NL.] (Anat.) A process or
||fold below the tongue in some animals.
Sub*lin"gual (?), a. [Pref. sub + lingual: cf. F. sublingual.] (Anat.)
(a) Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland. (b) Of or
pertaining to the sublingual gland; as, sublingual salvia.
Sub*li"tion (?), n. [L. sublinere, sublitum, to smear, to lay on as a
ground color.] (Paint.) The act or process of laying the ground in a
painting. [R.]
Sub*lit"to*ral (?), a. Under the shore. Smart.
Sub*lob"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under, or at the bases of, the
lobules of the liver.
Sub*lum"bar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of,
the lumbar region of the vertebral column.
{ Sub*lu"nar (?), Sub"lu*na*ry (?), } a. [Pref. sub + lunar, or lunary:
cf. F. sublunaire.] Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining
to this world; terrestrial; earthly.
All things sublunary are subject to change.
Dryden.
All sublunary comforts imitate the changeableness, as well as feel
the influence, of the planet they are under.
South.