Definition of worldly

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Worldly (adv.) With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.

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Mundane :: Mundane (a.) Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere..
Secular :: Secular (a.) Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly..
Unworldly :: Unworldly (a.) Not worldly; spiritual; holy.
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual.
Secularize :: Secularize (v. t.) To make worldly or unspiritual.
Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Lay, as opposed to clerical..
Thrift :: Thrift (n.) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
Policy :: Policy (n.) Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem..
Worldlywise :: Worldlywise (a.) Wise in regard to things of this world.
Pleasurist :: Pleasurist (n.) A person devoted to worldly pleasure.
Yoga :: Yoga (n.) A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties..
Worldly-minded :: 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..
Earthly-minded :: Earthly-minded (a.) Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded.
Quietism :: Quietism (n.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes..
Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction..
Carnal-minded :: Carnal-minded (a.) Worldly-minded.
World :: World (n.) The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind..
Thrifty :: Thrifty (superl.) Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble..
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