Definitionadj. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
Last update: July 31, 2015
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Worldly pleasures are not eternal. [adjective]
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His observations remained as acute as ever, but were now delivered with worldly wisdom rather than drum-beating evangelism. [adjective]
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She felt as if the last page in her worldly life had been written. [adjective]
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"A worldly and a dangerous school for one so young," said the nun, with a sigh. [adjective]
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It is a matter which never struck me as being of the least consequence--for if worldly possessions could alleviate misery, I have enough and to spare. [adjective]
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"Thou errest," said Burley; "we must work by means, and these worldly men shall be our instruments." [adjective]
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I will speak to thee in the worldly language of that carnal reason, which is, for the present, thy blind and imperfect guide. [adjective]
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When I put my hand to the plough, I entered into a covenant with my worldly affections that I should not look back on the things I left behind me. [adjective]
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Everyone might see that she had not come for worldly pleasure, but merely to be present at a triumph of her fellow-Christians--and especially her son--over the idolaters. [adjective]
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"What have these details of the vainest worldly pleasure to do with my conversion, you will ask." [adjective]
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Such free discussion I only expected from worldly, freethinking critics who are not bound to Christ's teaching in any way, and can therefore take an independent view of it. [adjective]
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