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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 afterlifeplay

  Familiarity information: WORLDLY CONCERN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WORLDLY CONCERN (noun)


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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