a. (sb.) [f. mod.L. *superterrāneus, f. super- SUPER- 1 a + terra earth: see -AN.] That is or dwells above, or on the surface of, the earth; above-ground: opposed to subterranean. Also sb., a dweller above ground or on the earth.
1691. R. Kirk, Secret Commw., i. (1815), 3. A superterranean and a subterranean Inhabitant, perfectly resembling one another. Ibid., 6. If any Superterraneans be so subtile, as to practice Slights for procureing a Privacy to any of their Misteries.
1816. G. S. Faber, Orig. Pagan Idol., III. 268. With numerous chambers both superterranean and subterranean.
1827. Blackw. Mag., XXII. 386. The subterranean in fictitious composition must always be subject either to the laws of the superterranean, or of the supernatural.
1846. J. Dudley, Noology, 365. In what … may be called their superterranean structures, their temples.
1875. Littledale, in Contemp. Rev., March, 577. This is all we know about superterranean churches before Constantine.
