Upperworld

noun

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Noun

1
Heaven.
"What is that life we ſhall live with him who is the Lord of Life in the upperworld?"
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."
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)."

"What is that life we ſhall live with him who is the Lord of Life in the upperworld?"

From upper + world.