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WORLDLY BELONGINGS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does worldly belongings mean?
• WORLDLY BELONGINGS (noun)
The noun WORLDLY BELONGINGS has 1 sense:
1. all the property that someone possesses
Familiarity information: WORLDLY BELONGINGS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
All the property that someone possesses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
worldly belongings; worldly goods; worldly possessions
Context example:
he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter
Hypernyms ("worldly belongings" is a kind of...):
belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)
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