here below

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Adverb

here below (not comparable)

  1. (Christianity) In this world; in our mortal time on the earth.
    • 1674, Thomas Ken (lyrics and music), “Doxology”:
      Praise God, from whom all blessings flow / praise Him, all creatures here below / praise Him above, ye heavenly host / praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
    • 1779, John Newton (lyrics and music), “Amazing Grace”:
      The earth shall soon dissolve like snow / The sun forbear to shine / but God who called me here below / will be forever mine.
    • 2010, John L. Heilbron, Galileo, Oxford University Press, page 120:
      And if the material of the firmament resembled that of bodies here below, a theory of motion built on experience with objects within our reach might apply also to the celestial regions.

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