(archaic)Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.
“Piety, as the source of all goodness and the elementary basis of all true greatness, was the cherished aim and the chief effort of Washington's father.”
“Both took an elementary test of their proficiency in the classical languages and logic or geometry.”
“He found elementary students were both worldly-wise and keen observers of the adults around them.”
elemental
(chemistry) of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound)