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[ noun ] the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws

Used in print

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

The embarrassment of these theories over the naturalness of death is an illustration of the thesis that death cannot be only a punishment , for some termination seems necessary in a life that is lived within the natural_order of time and change .

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universe

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