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单词 worldly
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worldlyadj.

Brit. /ˈwəːldli/, U.S. /ˈwər(ə)ldli/
Forms: Old English weoroldlic, Old English woreldlic, Old English woroldlic, Old English–early Middle English weorldlic, Old English–early Middle English weoruldlic, Old English–early Middle English worldlic, Old English–early Middle English woruldlic, early Middle English uerdlik, early Middle English weordlich, early Middle English weorelldlic ( Ormulum), early Middle English werdlik, early Middle English werldliche, early Middle English wordlih, early Middle English woreldlich, early Middle English worldlih, early Middle English worltlich (south-west midlands), early Middle English wrldlic, early Middle English wurldlic, Middle English wardly, Middle English warldely, Middle English warldly, Middle English werdely, Middle English werdliche (in a late copy), Middle English werdly, Middle English werldelich, Middle English werldli, Middle English werldlic, Middle English werldly, Middle English woordly, Middle English wordeliche, Middle English wordlelich, Middle English wordli, Middle English wordlich, Middle English wordliche, Middle English wordlyche, Middle English wordlye, Middle English worldeli, Middle English worldelich, Middle English worldelyche, Middle English worldlich, Middle English worldliche, Middle English worldlyche, Middle English worli, Middle English worlich, Middle English worlly, Middle English worlthli, Middle English worlych, Middle English wourldly, Middle English wurdly, Middle English wurldly, Middle English–1500s wordely, Middle English–1500s worldelie, Middle English–1500s worldely, Middle English–1500s worldli, Middle English–1500s worldlye, Middle English–1600s wordly, Middle English–1600s worly, Middle English– worldly, late Middle English werlrdlie (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English worddely, 1500s–1600s worldlie, 1600s wordlie; Scottish pre-1700 uardlie, pre-1700 uardly, pre-1700 uordlie, pre-1700 uordly, pre-1700 vardlie, pre-1700 vardly, pre-1700 varildly, pre-1700 varldly, pre-1700 wardely, pre-1700 wardle, pre-1700 wardlie, pre-1700 wardlye, pre-1700 warldle, pre-1700 warldli, pre-1700 warldlye, pre-1700 waurldle, pre-1700 waurldlie, pre-1700 waurldly, pre-1700 werldlie, pre-1700 werldly, pre-1700 wordlie, pre-1700 wordly, pre-1700 wordlye, pre-1700 worldlie, pre-1700 1700s– wardly, pre-1700 1700s– warldlie, pre-1700 1700s– warldly, pre-1700 1700s– worldly, 1700s– warly, 1800s war'dly, 1800s warlie, 1800s war'ly; also Irish English 1800s– warly, 1900s– warldlie (northern).
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian wraldlīk , Old Saxon weroldlīk (Middle Low German werltlik ), Middle Dutch wereltlijc (Dutch wereldlijk ), Old High German weraltlīh (Middle High German werltlich , German weltlich ), Old Icelandic veraldligr < the Germanic base of world n. + the Germanic base of -ly suffix1. Compare Swedish väruldsliker (Swedish världslig), Old Danish werdzlig (Danish verdslig).
1. Of or belonging to the world of human existence (as distinguished from the next or other world) world; relating to or connected with human life on earth; earthly, mundane.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > material or not spiritual > merely material
worldlyOE
earthlyOE
fleshlyc1175
materialc1390
carnal1483
charnel1483
earthen1538
world-like1577
earthy1594
materious1611
cloddy1634
wormy1640
unangelicala1711
descendental1847
unangelic1890
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) iv. 208 Twegen gebroðru, þe hæfdon behwyrfed eall heora yldran gestreon on deorwurðum gymstanum, & woldon þa tocwysan.., swilce to forsewennysse woruldlicera æhta.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1628 Þatt tu þweorrt ut..forrwerrpe. All weorelldlike lif. & lusst.
c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 144 Þis erþly Ioye, þis worldly blis Is but a fikel fantasy.
?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 14 (MED) Humilite is the furst entre and wey of frenship and wordely love.
a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 453 Þis is þe freest vss þat men han off worldly godis.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiiii* Withal my worldly Goodes I thee endowe.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ii. 94 Then doth all worldelie pleasure past apere..all vanitee.
1617 W. Mure Misc. Poems xviii. 6 Too sone (alace!)..Thy pairt is acted on this wordlie stage.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 211 And thou thy self seem'st otherwise inclin'd Then to a worldly Crown. View more context for this quotation
a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 139 Exempt from worldly Hopes and Fears.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. viii. 231 The parson..persisted in doing his Duty without regarding the Consequence it might have on his worldly Interest. View more context for this quotation
1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 59 Warly cares, an' warly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O!
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son xlix. 482 Too much a child in worldly matters.
1871 S. Smiles Character i. 8 Indeed, goodness in a measure implies wisdom—the highest wisdom—the union of the worldly with the spiritual.
1953 G. Anstruther Vaux of Harrowden ii. vii. 262 His office, which otherwise no worldly gain should hire me unto.
1983 ‘Trevanian’ Summer of Katya (1984) 51 I disemburden them of worldly wealth.
2007 Atlantic Monthly May 97/2 The evil mastermind..would persuade his followers to sign over their worldly possessions and drink poisoned Flavor Aid in a South American jungle.
2.
†a. Of, belonging to, or connected with the world and its inhabitants; earthly, temporal; human, mortal. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > present life
worldlyOE
biotica1614
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxi. 347 Se halga gast..hi ealle onælde mid undergendlicum fyre, & hi wurdon afyllede mid þære heofenlican lare, & cuþon ealle woruldlice gereord.
OE Ælfric Homily (Corpus Cambr. 188) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 269 Gif se woruldlica cyning winð wið his leoda, and þa leoda wiðeriað wið heora cynehlaford, þonne cymð heora sacu him to aworpennysse.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 4 (MED) Hire moder wes iwend þe wei þet worldliche men alle schulen wenden.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3142 Heo wes swiðe wis of wordliche [c1300 Otho worliche] dome.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2089 (MED) Help me to haue þat worldly wyȝt &..y wil ben is owe.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. l. 371 Who so wol haue to wyue my worldliche daughter.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 3 Wolde god þat the temporel lordes & all worldly lordes were at gode acord.
a1450 York Plays (1885) 237 (MED) No wordely drede schall me withdrawe That I schall with þe leue and dye.
1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lv Is it not..a monstrous thinge yt no man shulde be founde able to governe a worldly kingdome save Bisshopes and prelates that have forsaken the worlde.
1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 4v Kinges, princes and worldlie rulers did conspire against God.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 47 Too what soyle worldlye to iourney, Thow doost commaund vs?
a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) iv. i. 45 Dou. I had a husband once, but he has left mee. Aru. A worse then myne the wordly eye beholds not.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 193 God did not make the world or worldly beings, that the bigness..of them should set forth to us his alfillingness.
b. Of the whole world, universal, general. Frequently in worldly wonder.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > universal
universala1393
worldly1538
catholic1552
ecumenical1607
universary1642
panica1661
global1835
cosmic1846
pancosmic1853
universalistic1872
mondial1908
1538 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 153 Ye do thus admonyshe them, to thintent they shuld..eschewe..the wordely rebuke that they might incurre hereafter.
c1547 Vox Populi xi, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 410 There is no smale nombre That this faute dothe incombre: Yt is a wordly wondre.
1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 57 v Let my mishap, a worldly wonder be.
1854 Agnes Valmar I. vii. 134 He presumed they had accidentally met in Dorsetshire, whence the newspapers stated that this new worldly wonder had emerged.
1965 B. Peet Chester the Worldly Pig 47 We will now give our worldly wonder [sc. a pig] a good sound scrubbing.
2007 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 30 June f6 An international foundation has been collecting votes from residents around the globe..to determine what structures should be included on a list of seven new worldly wonders.
†c. Of the terrestrial globe. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > [adjective]
earthlyOE
netherOE
lowc1225
terrene13..
terrestre1340
temporalc1380
earthyc1429
terrestrialc1460
inferial?a1475
mundanec1475
mundial1499
earthish?1533
terrenala1555
terreal1598
terrestrene1599
sublunary1609
sublunar1610
mundal1614
temporarya1616
earth-born1626
terranean1653
circumterraneous1678
subcelestial1706
terraneousa1711
terrean1714
terrigenal1744
subastral1752
geotic1755
tellurian1786
worldly1812
telluric1813
transglobal1953
1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso i. 40 [The sun] comes; and, to the worldly wax [It. la mondana cera], best gives Its temper and impression.
3. Of or belonging to the secular (as distinguished from the religious) world; secular; (occasionally) †lay (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > laity > [adjective]
lewdc890
worldlyOE
of the world?c1225
secularc1290
layc1330
temporalc1340
borel1377
common?c1400
profane1474
laic1562
layit1563
laical1570
non-ecclesiastical1630
mundane1848
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective]
worldlyOE
dryc1175
fleshlyc1175
of the world?c1225
secularc1290
timely1340
of hencec1384
uttermore1395
worldisha1400
profane1474
humanc1475
mundanec1475
mundial1499
carnal?1510
seculary1520
unghostly1526
worldly-minded1528
sensual1529
earthly-minded1535
civil1536
subcelestial1561
worldly-witted1563
secular-minded1597
ghostlessa1603
lay1609
mundal1614
non-ecclesiastical1630
unspiritual1643
wilderness1651
worldly-handed1657
outward1674
timesome1674
apsychical1678
secularized1683
hylastic1684
choical1708
Sadducee1746
gay1798
unspiritualized1816
secularizing1825
unreligious1832
secularistic1862
apneumatic1864
Sadduceeic1875
this-worldly1883
this world1889
OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 7 Mar. (2013) 62 He forlet þa wæpna ond ða woruldlican wisan ond eode on þæt mynster.
OE St. Euphrosyne (Julius) in W. W. Skeat Ælfric's Lives of Saints (1900) II. 340 Ac far nu to mynstre digellice, and alege þine woruldlican gegyrlan, and gegyre þe mid munucreafe.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 216 Amites & parures worldliche leafdis mahen inoh wurchen.
12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 299 A curat and an officer in worldly seruise.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6230 It folowith not that they Shulde lede a wikked lyf..Ne not therfore her soules leese, That hem to worldly clothes chese.
?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) i. lxii. f. 43 (MED) It mai ben þat þer is mani a wif and mani a werldli wumman schal ben nerre god þan þou.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 336 There he herd the deuyne seruyse deuoutly but yet had he on hys worldly gownes.
1562 tr. J. Jewel Apol. Church Eng. 56 b What other be the Abbots at this day in ye Popes kingdome, but worldly Princes?
1606 R. Parsons Answere 5th Pt. Rep. Cooke Pref. ōō4 They..are onlie a lay companie of men and women, ioyned togeather in a certaine worldlie secular society, as Fish-mongers, Iron-mongers, Drapes.
1658 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1872) (modernized text) 1st Ser. i. vi. 315 All this time [of the floods], Shrovetide, some worldly people came in to see the harm which the waters had done us.
a1700 L. Charters Corruption this Age (1761) ii. 92 Their being immersed in worldly & secular projects and designs, & drowned in cares & solicitudes for the things of this life.
1795 F. Plowden Church & State i. ix. 123 He does not believe, that Christ gave any temporal power whatsoever to the chief pastor of his church over states and worldly princes.
1839 Chinese Repository 7 584 Priestcraft is the order of the day, and a powerful hierarchy has wrested from the worldly princes their whole sway.
1894 E. F. Henderson Hist. Germany Middle Ages xviii. 289 [Gregory VIII] finally declared to Frederick that he could not bear the heavy burden placed upon him without the help of the worldly princes.
1940 F. Alexander in C. F. Ware Cultural Approach Hist. 56 Pope Urban initiated his Crusade..in order to acquire more prestige and power for the church over the contemporary worldly rulers of Europe.
2002 Independent 30 Apr. 16 The Bodhisattvas are worldly princes and have a headdress and quite fancy garments, while the Buddha has a simple monk's robe.
4. Of a person: engrossed in or devoted to temporal affairs, esp. the pursuit of wealth and pleasure; concerned with material values. Of an action or attribute: relating to or characterized by devotion to temporal affairs. Cf. unworldly adj. 1b.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worldly
worldly1340
mundanec1475
mundial1499
worldly-minded1528
worldly-witted1563
mundal1614
uncelestial1661
terraefilial1745
unideal1760
materialistic1877
mondaine1889
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 210 (MED) Alle þoȝtes ulessliche and wordleliche me ssel diȝte uram þe herte.
c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 985 Þe worldlich mon euere iliche Loueþ þing þat is worldliche.
c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 153 Worldely men and fleschely.
1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome ii. f. 20 Besides more worldly mindes they haue, and of more wanton chere, Than worldlymen.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 89 I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closenes. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 803 The conquerd also..Thenceforth shall practice how to live secure, Worldlie or dissolute. View more context for this quotation
1693 M. Prior To C'tess of Exeter 26 You far above Both these Your God did place; That Your high Pow'r might worldly Thoughts destroy.
1786 R. Burns Poems 201 Awa ye selfish, warly race.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. xii. 219 The worldlier passions are the growth of mature years.
1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost viii. 218 A man who is trying to serve two masters is a worldly man.
1902 V. Jacob Sheep-stealers xi The ‘Green Dragon’..was the point of migration to the worldly part of the county, just as the Cathedral was the point of migration to the spiritual.
1959 Times 30 Dec. 9/1 A worldly young Rabbi who is more interested in fund-raising than in religious rites.
2006 J. Updike Terrorist v. 302 The concept of jāhiliyya, meaning the state of ignorance that existed before Mohammed, extends also to worldly Muslims.
5. Sophisticated, experienced, cosmopolitan; worldly-wise.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > [adjective]
world-wiseOE
worldly-wisec1400
smart1571
shrewd1589
hard1655
sharp1697
auld-farrant1702
up to snuff1810
canny1816
savvy1826
worldly1829
lairy1846
facultized1872
sophisticated1895
hep1899
hip1904
streetwise1949
ready1967
kewl1990
1829 J. F. Cooper Wept of Wish Ton-Wish I. v. 84 Few [natives] wore the hostile implements with such a worldly air, or with so many minor particularities of some recent caprice in fashion.
1899 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 852/2 It suggested worldly sophistication and a cosmopolitan experience.
1917 Smith Coll. Monthly Dec. 145 She's pretty, don't you think—in a hard, coarse way, and awfully worldly? I can just tell that she's experienced—probably a divorceé.
1964 P. K. Dick in Worlds of Tomorrow Aug. 95/1 In Cuba you'll be running up against some rather worldly and sophisticated individuals.
1991 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 17 Nov. 7/1 It was a condition not without grief—to be the most brilliant, worldly and incorruptible mind of the 20th century and have to spend one's days macerating nonentities.
2005 Spectator 22 Oct. 32/3 I inquired of a more worldly colleague as to what he was talking about. ‘Charlie's what they call cocaine,’ the colleague explained.

Compounds

C1.
† worldly-witted adj. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective]
worldlyOE
dryc1175
fleshlyc1175
of the world?c1225
secularc1290
timely1340
of hencec1384
uttermore1395
worldisha1400
profane1474
humanc1475
mundanec1475
mundial1499
carnal?1510
seculary1520
unghostly1526
worldly-minded1528
sensual1529
earthly-minded1535
civil1536
subcelestial1561
worldly-witted1563
secular-minded1597
ghostlessa1603
lay1609
mundal1614
non-ecclesiastical1630
unspiritual1643
wilderness1651
worldly-handed1657
outward1674
timesome1674
apsychical1678
secularized1683
hylastic1684
choical1708
Sadducee1746
gay1798
unspiritualized1816
secularizing1825
unreligious1832
secularistic1862
apneumatic1864
Sadduceeic1875
this-worldly1883
this world1889
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worldly
worldly1340
mundanec1475
mundial1499
worldly-minded1528
worldly-witted1563
mundal1614
uncelestial1661
terraefilial1745
unideal1760
materialistic1877
mondaine1889
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Ss.iv And some worldlye witted men, thynke it a great decaye to..their common wealthes, to geue eare to the simple..preceptes of..Christ.
1775 H. Croft Brother's Advice to Sisters 52 Ye supple sons and daughters of Prudence—ye worldly-witted wights—ye who will condescend to bow the meekest, joblike, knee.
1845 C. Norton Child of Islands 168 The shallow craft of worldly-witted fools.
C2.
† worldly-handed adj. Obsolete occupied in worldly or secular employment.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > working > [adjective] > worldly
worldly-handed1657
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective]
worldlyOE
dryc1175
fleshlyc1175
of the world?c1225
secularc1290
timely1340
of hencec1384
uttermore1395
worldisha1400
profane1474
humanc1475
mundanec1475
mundial1499
carnal?1510
seculary1520
unghostly1526
worldly-minded1528
sensual1529
earthly-minded1535
civil1536
subcelestial1561
worldly-witted1563
secular-minded1597
ghostlessa1603
lay1609
mundal1614
non-ecclesiastical1630
unspiritual1643
wilderness1651
worldly-handed1657
outward1674
timesome1674
apsychical1678
secularized1683
hylastic1684
choical1708
Sadducee1746
gay1798
unspiritualized1816
secularizing1825
unreligious1832
secularistic1862
apneumatic1864
Sadduceeic1875
this-worldly1883
this world1889
1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee 256 You have brought us to be worldly-handed men, handy-crafts-men.
worldly-minded adj. (and n.) having a worldly mind, having thoughts set on the things of this world; also with the as n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective]
worldlyOE
dryc1175
fleshlyc1175
of the world?c1225
secularc1290
timely1340
of hencec1384
uttermore1395
worldisha1400
profane1474
humanc1475
mundanec1475
mundial1499
carnal?1510
seculary1520
unghostly1526
worldly-minded1528
sensual1529
earthly-minded1535
civil1536
subcelestial1561
worldly-witted1563
secular-minded1597
ghostlessa1603
lay1609
mundal1614
non-ecclesiastical1630
unspiritual1643
wilderness1651
worldly-handed1657
outward1674
timesome1674
apsychical1678
secularized1683
hylastic1684
choical1708
Sadducee1746
gay1798
unspiritualized1816
secularizing1825
unreligious1832
secularistic1862
apneumatic1864
Sadduceeic1875
this-worldly1883
this world1889
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worldly
worldly1340
mundanec1475
mundial1499
worldly-minded1528
worldly-witted1563
mundal1614
uncelestial1661
terraefilial1745
unideal1760
materialistic1877
mondaine1889
1528 W. Tyndale That Fayth Mother of All Good Workes f. xxijv For if we be worldly mynded and doe our workes as the world doth, howe shall we knowe that god hath chosen vs oute of the worlde?
1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Feuer Pestilence (new ed.) f. 83v The worldlie minded man, dooeth not vnderstande or perceiue those thinges, that are of Gods spirit, without whiche he can not be saued.
1611 Bible (King James) Luke xiv. (heading) Vnder the parable of the great supper, sheweth how worldly minded men..shalbe shut out of heauen.
1700 tr. M. le Vassor Hist. Reign Lewis XIII I. ii. 198 We are Hereticks, Latitudinarians, Worldly minded Men and Lukewarm loose Catholicks.
a1838 C. Neat Serm. (1839) 129 The worldly-minded, the unhumbled, the prayerless.
1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 28 A kind of suppressed and frightened pleasedness, which would have led a more worldly-minded audience to the instant conviction of recent and probably impassioned lovemaking.
1963 J. J. Buckingham tr. H. Daniel-Rops Church in 17th Cent. vi. 367 After all, what was the enthusiasm of the worldly minded worth?
2003 Persuasions (Nexis) 1 Jan. 76 Her integrity here contrasts with the attitude of worldly-minded Charlotte.
worldly-mindedness n. the state or quality of being worldly-minded.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun]
secularity1395
sieclec1400
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
mundanity1506
secularness?1529
carnality1548
carnalness1549
earthliness1549
rudiments of the world1557
Sadduceeism1577
Sadducism1581
earthly-mindedness1603
temporalness1611
worldly-mindedness1621
corporality1628
unspiritualness1642
civility1644
corporeity1653
materialism1822
unspirituality1843
secularism1851
terrestrialism1856
temporalism1872
this-worldliness1872
despiritualization1874
this-worldism1883
this-worldness1930
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
propriety?1504
earthiness1597
worldly-mindedness1621
mundanity1647
terrenity1649
mundaneness1727
materialism1771
1621 T. Proctor Righteous Mans Way viii. 43 Unto this poverty of theirs they joyn also worldly-mindednesse, nothing caring to know the commandements of God.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. §4. 405 Men..carried from Worldly-mindedness to Heavenly-mindedness.
1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh vii, in Prose Wks. (1886) II. 313 Evil propensities, and self-seeking, and worldly-mindedness.
1927 M. L. Margolis & A. Marx Hist. Jewish People xxiv. 132 From this enlightened searching, which still left room for conformity, there was but a step to the worldly-mindedness rife among the wealthier classes.
2004 Persuasions (Nexis) 1 Jan. 249 Mary's metropolitan worldly-mindedness in her incessant pursuit of ‘money and greatness’.

Derivatives

ˈworldlify v. rare (transitive) to make worldly or world-like; to adjust to (the ways of) the world.
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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.
ˈworldlihood n. now rare worldliness; (also) the quality the characterizes the world.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun]
secularity1395
sieclec1400
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
mundanity1506
secularness?1529
carnality1548
carnalness1549
earthliness1549
rudiments of the world1557
Sadduceeism1577
Sadducism1581
earthly-mindedness1603
temporalness1611
worldly-mindedness1621
corporality1628
unspiritualness1642
civility1644
corporeity1653
materialism1822
unspirituality1843
secularism1851
terrestrialism1856
temporalism1872
this-worldliness1872
despiritualization1874
this-worldism1883
this-worldness1930
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
propriety?1504
earthiness1597
worldly-mindedness1621
mundanity1647
terrenity1649
mundaneness1727
materialism1771
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 278 (MED) Bi þe vertu of leeful worldlihode..we mowe and ouȝten þese same now rehercid godis vse into þe seid eende.
a1500 Alexander-Cassamus (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Munich) (1911) l. 393 (MED) She..of wordlyhod to lerne was not nedy.
1912 R. C. Robbins Poems of Personality (new ed.) 117 Contributing Of God-the-One an unique worldlihood Which were not otherwise coincident With God.
1998 H. Philipse Heidegger's Philos. of Being i. 52 The analysis of division 1 starts with a grasp of the whole (second chapter), then proceeds to discuss..the worldlihood of the world.
† worldliship n. Obsolete worldliness.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun]
secularity1395
sieclec1400
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
mundanity1506
secularness?1529
carnality1548
carnalness1549
earthliness1549
rudiments of the world1557
Sadduceeism1577
Sadducism1581
earthly-mindedness1603
temporalness1611
worldly-mindedness1621
corporality1628
unspiritualness1642
civility1644
corporeity1653
materialism1822
unspirituality1843
secularism1851
terrestrialism1856
temporalism1872
this-worldliness1872
despiritualization1874
this-worldism1883
this-worldness1930
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
propriety?1504
earthiness1597
worldly-mindedness1621
mundanity1647
terrenity1649
mundaneness1727
materialism1771
a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 151 Þis worldlyshipe shal laste as longe as prelatis ben þus worldli.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

worldlyadv.

Brit. /ˈwəːldli/, U.S. /ˈwər(ə)ldli/
Forms: see world n. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch wereltlīke (Dutch wereldlijk ), Old High German weraltlīhho (Middle High German werltlich , German weltlich ) < the Germanic base of world n. + the Germanic base of -ly suffix2. Compare worldly adj.
In a worldly manner; with a worldly intent or disposition. Frequently modifying an adjective used attributively (and hyphenated). Cf. worldlily adv. Now chiefly in worldly-wise adj.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adverb]
worldlyeOE
bodilyc1370
unghostlya1400
carnally1527
civilly1577
worldwarda1617
secularly1840
worldwards1845
materialistically1852
unspiritually1871
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adverb] > in a worldly manner
worldlyeOE
worldlily1641
mundanely1826
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. xxxiv. 153 Þær wæs swiþe ryht dom geendad þæt hie þone woroldlice forbærndon þe hie þohte bærnan on ecnesse.
OE Blickling Homilies 199 Weoroldlice & wislice ge dyde þætte mannum bedigled wæs on eorðan þæt ge þæt on heofenas to Gode sohtan.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 808 (MED) Nabbich nawt þeos niht worldliche iwecchet, ah habbe heouenliche i-waket.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 2304 It were als litel nede or lasse That thou so worldly wolt compasse With flaterie forto serve.
c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) l. 427 We ben busy of no swink nor no burn maken For to wirchen our wil and wordliche serue.
?c1500 Wisdom (Digby) l. 405 Her is a man thet levith wardly.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Fvv Worldly lyuyng christen people.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 568 By things deemd weak Subverting worldly strong, and worldly wise By simply meek. View more context for this quotation
a1681 T. Gouge Young Man's Guide (1696) xxiv. 152 Thou also that wilt live worldly must suffer tribulation.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Wife of Bathe's Tale in Fables 497 Since I see your Mind is Worldly bent.
1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (ed. 2) 197 [A] lowering of religious tone to the level of the worldly-religious world around.
1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 332 The nucleus soon expands till it embraces and sanctifies every form of worldly-personal consequence.
1896 W. Black Briseis xvii Worldly-pious waverings.
1919 Lima (Ohio) Times-Democrat 21 July 4/2 He was simply worldly disposed and gave little thought to his duties to others.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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