| worldliness | (n) concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs, Ant. otherworldliness, Example: he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him |
| worldling | (n) a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world |
| worldly | (adj) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world, Syn. temporal, secular, Ant. unworldly, Example: worldly goods and advancement; temporal possessions of the church |
| worldly concern | (n) the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife, Syn. earth, earthly concern, world, Example: they consider the church to be independent of the world |
| worldly possession | (n) a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings, Syn. worldly good |
| worldly possessions | (n) all the property that someone possess, Syn. worldly goods, worldly belongings, Example: he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter |
| worldly-wise | (adj) experienced in and wise to the ways of the world |
| Worldliness | n. The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Worldling | [ World + -ling. ] A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments. [ 1913 Webster ] A foutre for the world and worldlings base. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] If we consider the expectations of futurity, the worldling gives up the argument. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ] And worldlings blot the temple's gold. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Worldly | a. [ AS. woroldlic. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but that one only hand which erected it. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] With his soul fled all my worldly solace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Worldly | adv. With relation to this life; in a worldly manner. [ 1913 Webster ] Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise |
| Worldly-minded | a. Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- |
| Worldly-wise | a. Wise in regard to things of this world. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ] |