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upperworlds

upperworlds is the plural of upperworld.

Meaning of upperworld

Noun

upperworld (plural upperworlds)

  1. Heaven.
    • What is that life we ſhall live with him who is the Lord of Life in the upperworld?1790, Timothy Priestley, The Christian's Looking-glass: Or the Timorous Soul's Guide, London: H. Trapp, page 92
  2. The surface of the earth, as opposed to the underworld (Hades), or to underground or submarine places.
    • In the Elysian fields he finds Eurydice, and takes her by the hand to lead her back to the upperworld.1886, [Christoph Willibald Ritter von] Gluck, Orpheus: Opera in Four Acts, New York: Charles D. Koppel, page 4
  3. The higher-ranking part of a society; an elite.
    • Up to this level, the drug traffickers, according to Lupsha, tended "to be outside the legitimate political upperworld of Mexican elite life and national politics" (Lupsha, 1991, p. 43).2015, Klaus von Lampe, Organized Crime, page 277

Questions about upperworlds

What is upperworlds the plural of?
Upperworlds is the plural of upperworld.

Words near upperworlds in the dictionary

  1. Uppertons
  2. upperwing
  3. upperwings
  4. upperworks
  5. upperworld
  6. upperworlds
  7. uppest
  8. uppety
  9. uppier
  10. uppies
  11. uppies and downies

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