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WORLDLY CONCERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does worldly concern mean?
• WORLDLY CONCERN (noun)
The noun WORLDLY CONCERN has 1 sense:
1. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
Familiarity information: WORLDLY CONCERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
earth; earthly concern; world; worldly concern
Context example:
they consider the church to be independent of the world
Hypernyms ("worldly concern" is a kind of...):
concern (something that interests you because it is important or affects you)
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