Word Meanings - UNWORLDLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Not worldly; spiritual; holy. Hawthorne. -- Un*world"li*ness, n.
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- WORLDLY
1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. "I thus neglecting worldly ends." Shak. Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but that one only hand which erected it. Hooker. 2. Pertaining - SPIRITUALIZE
To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize - WORLDLY-MINDED
Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n. - WORLD-WIDE
Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame. Tennyson. - SPIRITUAL-MINDED
Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n. - SPIRITUALISTIC
Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism. - WORLDLING
A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments. A foutre for the world and worldlings base. Shak. If we consider the expectations of futurity, the worldling gives up the argument. Rogers. - SPIRITUAL
1. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 1 Cor. xv. - SPIRITUALIZATION
The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized. - WORLDLYWISE; WORLDLY-WISE
Wise in regard to things of this world. Bunyan. - SPIRITUALIZER
One who spiritualizes. - WORLDLINESS
The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness. - SPIRITUALISM
The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere - SPIRITUALNESS
The quality or state of being spiritual or spiritual-minded; spirituality. - SPIRITUALTY
An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality. Shak. - SPIRITUALITY
That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities. During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof. Blackstone. 3. An ecclesiastical body; the - WORLD
worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt, worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. veröld, Sw. verld, Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime, age, ylde men, - SPIRITUALIST
1. One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic. 2. One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism. 3. One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through - SPIRITUALLY
In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit. - INTERWORLD
A world between other worlds. Holland. - UNDERWORLD
1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth. That overspreads This underworld. Daniel. 2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades. 3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite - UNWORLDLY
Not worldly; spiritual; holy. Hawthorne. -- Un*world"li*ness, n. - FAIR-WORLD
State of prosperity. They think it was never fair-world with them since. Milton.