worldliness

worldly | American Dictionary

worldly
adjective
us/ˈwɜrld·li/

worldlyadjective (PHYSICAL)

having to do with physical things and ordinary life:
worldly success
She lost all her worldly possessions in the fire.

worldlyadjective (EXPERIENCED)

experienced in the ways of the world:
He’s older and more worldly than the other students in his class.

Examples of worldly

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In indigenous thought, full ' this-worldly ' personhood implied bodily capacities, not as an aspect of itself but as the precondition to enter and sustain social relationships.
No curtains, frills, or decorations, or worldly objects like clothes, jewels, and mirrors, were allowed.
The absoluteness of this feeling ' represents' an absolute - infinite, non-worldly, absolutely simple and all-powerful - object.
Moreover, within religious communities, worldly goods were equalized and diminished in order to lessen the distractions of temporal comforts and to deny them.
Plagued by 'worldly misfortunes',57 the monks are in dire need of financial support.
The royal marriage also symbolized peace, and the greater triumphs of peace and love over the vicissitudes of lesser, worldly victories.
In the process they became worldly, and some became wise.
In the classroom, students were more concerned with examinations and worldly rather than other-worldly matters.
Her moral failings, since they were expected, inevitable, and quite familiar to worldly men, were also unthreatening.
Two further elements contribute to convey a rather worldly picture of the nuns' lifestyle.
Unlike those that attempt to impact on the here-and-now, a growing number of created languages exists for other-worldly reasons.
They can also be extended to refer to people who are without worldly ties.
Although scientific research begins with quite tangible manipulation of worldly objects, it is designed to produce increasingly contextindependent inscriptions.
Her nascent prima-donna passion for worldly success makes her lover jealous, and he begs her to forget fame and glory to follow him.
We seem to cross a blurred border between events on a human scale and events on a more worldly, environmental scale.
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