单词 | worldlify |
释义 | > as lemmasˈworldlify ˈworldlify v. rare (transitive) to make worldly or world-like; to adjust to (the ways of) the world. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > secularization > make secular [verb (transitive)] worldlify1612 secularize1707 unspiritualizea1716 temporalize1828 disconsecrate1838 despiritualize1868 laicize1870 deconsecrate1876 desacralize1911 1612 T. James Life Father Parsons in Iesuits Downefall 57 When religion was once worldlefied in him, and that state-matters..had so great a part in his studies. 1880 B. A. Hill Liberty & Law i. ii. iv. 45 Then, and only then, can we say that the prophecy of Christ, which Tennyson has so aptly worldlified, has been fulfilled. 2005 A. Nichols Thought Pope Benedict XVI vii. 151 We must make our discernments about what is ‘true’..openness on the part of the Church, and what is merely ‘worldlified’ and so false. < as lemmas |
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